OSS Goff, Irving

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Goff ​

• FORENAME

Irving ​

• UNIT

OSS Liaison Officer with Italian Communist Party ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Legion of Merit ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943-45 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1900 New York,New York​

parents arrived New York 1900 from Odessa,Russia​

body builder and professional acrobat​

organiser,Communist Party,New York​

Abraham Lincoln Brigade,Spanish Civil War (Captain) 1937-38​

OSS 1941-45​

North Africa 1942​

commissioned 2Lt​

Naples 1943​

postwar district organiser,Communist Party,New Orleans​

died 17.5.1989 Los Angeles,California​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia ​

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