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12 - Spyclopedia #1, William Stephenson pt. 1, or, the Brits are on our side, right?

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Who Was William Stevenson?

William samuel stevenson was born in 18 97 and he died in 19 89 at the age of 92. He worked as a telegram delivery man, where he apparently showed an aptitude for spying. When world war one started, stevenson joined as an infantryman. Standing at five foot two, apparently, he convinced the medical examiners to allow him into the infantry by volunteering to be a bugler. Since they wrote on his paper work, passed as bugler. Stevenson was sent to the western front, and almost immediately he was gassed,. which sent him to convalesce for several months. Then, unlike hitler, i guess, he was recruited to

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