Phantom Seven

by Angela Horn

What's it like to be a spy? The Phantom Seven, American servicemen posted to the OSS, Office of Strategic Services in Europe during World War II, relate harrowing and humorous first-person stories of danger, adventure, and friendship. McCoy-Horn provides historical context, creating an entertaining and informative salute to freedom.

184 pages, ebook

First published July 20, 2011

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[Mary Langer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a well-researched book that had to be written and will appeal to WWII buffs and those who love family and history. The author's father was a member of the OSS as were six other men interviewed for this book. The reader will learn that WWII might have been shortened by as much as a year because of the OSS. These men were highly intelligent, patriotic, and skilled in languages, typing, delivering messages and keeping secrets for their dangerous work. They met luminaries like Glenn Miller and Bob Hope and saw Eisenhower and Churchill. Learn what some were doing the day FDR died. Learn how these men were alike and different and how they resumed life after the war. This reader learned a lot she didn't know, including the fact that Truman ended the OSS in 1945 and how it eventually became the C.I.A. This is national and personal history at its best, and I hope others will find this book in order to learn about and preserve the values and history of these true heroes of "The Greatest Generation."