OSS Colby, William Egan (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Colby ​

• FORENAME

William Egan (Bill) ​

• UNIT

U.S.Army Norso Group ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Silver Star,Bronze Star,Croix de Guerre (France),St Olav Medal (Norway) ​

• PLACE

Norway 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 4.1.1920 St Paul,Minnesota​

son of Elbridge and Margaret Mary Egan Colby​

attended high school,Burlington,Vermont​

graduated Princeton University 1940 (B.A.)​

joined US Army August 1941 (2Lt)​

OSS 1943​

Jedburgh Team Bruce 1944​

Norso Group 1945​

graduated Columbia University 1947 (LL.B.)​

attorney with Donovan,Leisure,Lumbard and Irvine​

joined CIA 1949​

Stockholm 1951-53​

Rome 1953-58​

Station Chief,Saigon 1959-62​

Head of Far East Division 1962-67​

Director of Phoenix Program,South Vietnam 1968-71​

Washington 1972​

Director of CIA 4.9.1973-30.1.1976​

married Barbara Heinzen September 1945 (5 children) (divorced 1984)​

married Sally Shelton 1984​

author of 2 memoirs​

"Honorable Men : My Life in the CIA" 1978​

"Lost Victory" 1989​

died 28.4.1996 Rock Point,Maryland​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia ​

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