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NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND – REVIEWS OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTS
INTERVIEW WITH LOCAL AUTHOR WILLIAM R. GRASER
REBECCA SKANE NEW ENGLAND AUTHORS
July 7, 2016
Londonderry resident William R. Graser has recorded the accounts of 60 U.S. veterans in his new book Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved.
Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live.
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Before World War II, intelligence activities in the United States was carried out primarily by the Department of State, Office of Naval Intelligence, and the War Department’s Military Intelligence Division. On July 11, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed William J. Donovan to head a new office, the coordinator of information (COI), attached to the White House.
After the United States entered the war, Donovan proposed that the COI’s responsibility be expanded. As a result, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was created on June 13,
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Welcome. My name is William R. Graser, author of Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here.
I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved, expanding on some of the topics in it and blogging on some of the ideas related to my book.
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