OSS Hudson, James W.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hudson ​

• FORENAME

James W. ​

• UNIT

OSS ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

0-375983 ​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 09.07.1917, Philadelphia​

research chemist,Walker Brothers,Conshohocken,Pennsylvania prewar​

commissioned Infantry (2Lt) 1939 (from ROTC,Gettysburg College,Pennsylvania)​

entered service 15.7.1941​

28th Infantry Division 1941​

returned to civilian duties until Pearl Harbor​

Coast Artillery Corps 1942​

Signal Photomail Company​

Office of Chief of Signal Corps,Washington,D.C.​

Theater Postal Officer,US Armed Forces,Middle East (USAFIME)​

Theater Photographic Officer,USAFIME​

OSS 1944-45​

Captain (0-375983)​

Cairo and Italy​

codename Bill​

Senior Intelligence Officer,Albania​

o.c. OSS Tirol and Voralberg,Austria 1945​

Director of Research,Walker Brothers Company postwar​

married Joyce Donner (1st marriage - divorced. 3 children)​

married Patricia Williams Hudson (2 children) ​

residing Spotsylvania,Virginia 2008 ​

died 28.05.2011, Fredricksburg (Sepsis + pneumonia) (Aged 93)​

Cremated ​

Remains interred Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Plot Columbarium 7 Section F Stack 4 Niche 3​

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[bigbison2266]

Greetings. I am a retired Special Forces Officer who attended Gettysburg College as an under grad. I recently discovered that James Hudson was a WW 2 OSS Officer who also graduated from Gettysburg. I am looking for additional data on his service record. My email is Mkichman@aog.vet