OSS Wauchope, Robert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wauchope ​

• FORENAME

Robert ​

• UNIT

OSS Head of Swiss/MEDTO Desk,AFHQ,Caserta,Italy ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Bronze Star,Navy Commendation Ribbon ​

• PLACE

Italy 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 10.12.1909 Columbia,South Carolina​

son of George Armstrong and Elizabeth (nee Bostedo) Wauchope​

graduated high school​

archaeologist and anthropologist​

graduated Harvard University 1938 (Ph.D)​

staff,University of Georgia​

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director,Laboratory of Anthropology and Archaeology,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill​

Director of Middle American Research Institute (MARI),Tulane University 1942-75​

OSS 1943-45​

codename Jigsaw​

died 20.1.1979 ​

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