OSS Wisner, Frank Gardiner

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wisner ​

• FORENAME

Frank Gardiner ​

• UNIT

OSS ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Commander ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Legion of Merit,Army Commendation Ribbon ​

• PLACE

WW2 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1910 Laurel,Mississippi​

educated Woodberry Forest School,Orange​

graduated University of Virginia 1931 (B.A.)​

graduated University of Virginia Law School 1934 (LL.B.)​

Wall Street Lawyer 1935-41​

enlisted USNR June 1941​

USN Censor's Office​

OSS 1943-46 (Commander)​

OSS Turkey June 1944​

OSS Romania August 1944​

OSS Wiesbaden,Germany 1945​

lawyer,Carter Ledyard (Wall Street) 1946​

State Department (Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Territories) 1947-48​

CIA September 1948 - August 1962​

Director of Office of Special Projects 1948​

Director of Office of Policy Coordination​

Head of Directorate of Plans (DPP) August 1952​

Chief of Station,London 1959​

married Mary Knowles (4 children)​

died 29.10.1965 Galena,Maryland (age 56)​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia ​

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