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#629 - John Lisle - The Insane Tactics The CIA Used To Defeat Hitler In WWII

Modern Wisdom

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Stanley Level and the OSS

Stanley Level is this New England chemist who gets recruited to join the OSS. He's initially reluctant to join because he's a chemist and he wanted to use his scientific expertise for good. But at the same time, he feels a debt that he owes to his country that he can repay by creating these weapons. When does he make the exploding pens? That's pretty early on.

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