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Deadly Gadgets of the OSS: When Uncle Sam Played Dirty in World War II

OSS Time Pencil Fuze. by Stanley P. Lovell "I'm Colonel Donovan, Dr. Lovell. You know your Sherlock Holmes, of course. Professor Moriarty is the man I want for the OSS. You're it. I need every device and underhanded trick to use against the Germans and Japanese—by our own people, but especially by the underground in occupied countries. You will have to invent them." I had never met a man of such magnetism. I heard myself say, "I will." As soon as I could, I looked up references to the fictional Professor Moriarty. Most of them were discouraging to a chemist called to play the role. "Famous scientific criminal"—well! "The organizer of every deviltry." Come! Come! I moved into a small office down by a brewery. My title: Director of Research and Development, OSS. The first job was a plant for documentation. Spies or saboteurs would have short shrift unless they had perfect passports, ration books, and money to confirm their assum...