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Behind Enemy Lines with the SOE
by Major Ernest Barker BEM
Raiders from the Sea
By John Lodwick
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 35669" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Oakes </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Bertram </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS Europe </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major + Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star,Order of the British Empire (GB),Croix de Guerre (Fr),Medaille Reconnaissance (Fr) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Europe </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 23.4.1913 Elkins Park,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of George Washington Ochs and Bertie (nee Gans) Oakes</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Princeton University (AB) 1934</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rhodes Scholar,Queen's College,Oxford 1936</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>US Army 1941 (Private,Infantry)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS in Europe</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist postwar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Margery Hartman 1945 (4 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 5.4.2001 New York </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-oakes.8711/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8711-3a7fc49a5fcc80041f4abf991245bc7a.jpg?1591389354" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 35669, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Oakes [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]John Bertram [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]OSS Europe [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major + Lieutenant Colonel [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Bronze Star,Order of the British Empire (GB),Croix de Guerre (Fr),Medaille Reconnaissance (Fr) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Europe [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 23.4.1913 Elkins Park,Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of George Washington Ochs and Bertie (nee Gans) Oakes[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated Princeton University (AB) 1934[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Rhodes Scholar,Queen's College,Oxford 1936[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]journalist in civilian life[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]US Army 1941 (Private,Infantry)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]commissioned[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]OSS in Europe[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]journalist postwar[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Margery Hartman 1945 (4 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 5.4.2001 New York [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-oakes.8711/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8711-3a7fc49a5fcc80041f4abf991245bc7a.jpg?1591389354[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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