OSS Dolan, Patrick

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dolan ​

• FORENAME

Patrick ​

• UNIT

OSS Morale Ops Branch ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 14.08.1911 Waterford, Ireland (Louis Edward Patrick Nolan)​

family moved to Chicago​

US Citizen​

advertising executive, The Chicago Tribune and Columbia Records​

16.10.1940 draft card Westport, Connecticut​

15.07.1943 entered service​

OSS​

employed Foote, Cone and Belding, London (advertising office) 1946​

President of Dolan, Ducker, Whitcomb and Stewart, London​

President of Patrick Dolan Associates, London​

President of Batten Barton Durstine and Osborne Inc., London​

1949 married Britta Salen (died 1986) (2 children)​

died 31.12.1987 Baltimore, Maryland age 76 (whilst on vacation)​

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[Marsick]

and here you have Major Patrick Dolan on operation Annie in Luxembourg. Psychological warfare with Radio Luxembourg (R.T.L.) https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JMHes/id/1717/rec/2