Assignment Algiers
Subtitle: with the OSS in the Mediterranean theater
By: Erasmus H. Kloman.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Kloman, Erasmus H.; United States. Office of Strategic Services.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Egypt -- Cairo.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Algeria -- Algiers.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Caserta.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: "Based in part on the author's personal experience, Assignment Algiers is an account of a representative selection of Office of strategic Services (OSS) operations in support of Allied military campaigns in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Erasmus Kloman served in three OSS posts - Cairo, Algiers, and Caserta - winding up at age twenty-four with the title Acting Chief of Operations, OSS, MEDTO. After extensively researching documents in the National Archives, he presents his own story within the context of the OSS's role in North Africa, Southern France, and Italy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.
Table of contents: title: Recruitment and training, January 1943 to May 1944; title: Wartime Cairo, 2 to 27 May 1944; title: Algiers, 27 May to 22 September 1944; title: Caserta, 1944, 22 September to 31 December 1944; title: Caserta 1945, 1 January to 15 July 1945.