[DOC] [TLE] William J. Donovan - Wikipedia [PAR] William Joseph ("Wild Bill") Donovan (January 1, 1883  February 8, 1959) was a 
United States soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. Donovan is best 
remembered as the wartime head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a 
precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. ... A decorated 
veteran of World War I, General Donovan is the only person to... [DOC] [TLE] Office of Strategic Services - Wikipedia [PAR] The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the 
United States during World War II, and a predecessor of the modern Central 
Intelligence Agency (CIA). ... The OSS also recruited and ran one of the war's 
most important spies, the German diplomat Fritz Kolbe. OSS 1st Lieutenant 
George... [DOC] [TLE] A Look Back  Gen. William J. Donovan Heads Office of ... - CIA [PAR] Dec 31, 2009 ... Gen. William J. Donovan Heads Office of Strategic Services. In the wake of the ... 
During World War I, Donovan served his country again, when his regiment ... The 
OSS was instrumental in many of the successes during World War II, including ... 
The Office of Strategic Services: The Forerunner of Today's CIA... [DOC] [TLE] Wild Bill Donovan by Douglas C. Waller  Reviews, Discussion ... [PAR] Bob said: This was the guy who essentially started the forerunner of the CIA and 
most ... man who came to head the OSS during World War II (the precursor to the 
CIA). ... Mr. Waller portrays Gen Donovan as a week administrator/manager, but a 
...... anywhere at the drop of a hat and littlerally ran into and through enemy fire. [DOC] [TLE] Office of Strategic Services Society [PAR] ... accomplishments of the OSS during World War II, the predecessor to the CIA ... 
of OSS that was founded in 1947 by OSS founder General William Donovan,... [DOC] [TLE] The Origins of the Overclass - Huppi [PAR] During World War II, General "Wild Bill" Donovan became chief of the Office of 
Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA. Donovan recruited so... [DOC] [TLE] The Mafia, The CIA, And The Vatican's Intelligence Apparatus - Rense [PAR] Dec 21, 2000 ... In its zeal to stamp out communism, the Vatican set up alliances during ... The 
CIA's Bill Casey, for example, was a Knight of Malta. ... Another is General 
Vernon Walters, the former Deputy Director of the CIA ... The legendary head of 
the OSS (the WWII precursor of the CIA), "Wild" Bill Donovan, was made a... [DOC] [TLE] Historically Speaking: The 'Wild' Father of US Intelligence - OsideNews [PAR] Mar 6, 2016 ... William J. Wild Bill Donovan organized the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 
forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ... Bill. Previously to World 
War II, Donovan traveled extensively in Europe and met with ... Gen. William 
Wild Bill Donovan, one of America's most-decorated soldiers and civil... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction - National Park Service [PAR] World War II, it surprises most people, including nearby residents, to learn that 
spies were trained in some of the National Parksnot just spies but guerrilla 
leaders, saboteurs ... the OSS is also widely considered a forerunner of today's 
Special Forces. 2 .... William J. Donovan to the Adjutant General, 15 May 1945, 
subject:... [DOC] [TLE] OSS - Hitler's Third Reich and World War II in the News [PAR] OSS - Office of Strategic Services - World War II forerunner of the CIA. ... to the 
OSS director Major General William "Wild Bill" Donovan that in spite of ... ran by 
the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II
. [DOC] [TLE] William J. Donovan - The Conspiracy Against Tobacco [PAR] Donovan's In-Laws, the Rumsey Family of Buffalo, New York .... (as Republican 
candidate, Donovan ran unsuccessfully for governor of New ... During World War 
II, John Hay Whitney

Question: During World War II Gen. Bill Donovan ran this forerunner of the CIA
Answer: the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)