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Being an #OSS officer was just one of many incredible things #Fisher Howe did during his long life.
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#Fisher went from @Harvard, to selling thread during the Great Depression, to Special Assistant to #OSS Director “Wild Bill” Donovan.
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#Fisher fondly called #Donovan “irresponsibly adventuresome” but he admired the #OSS Director’s leadership & considered him a friend.
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#Donovan made #Fisher one of his assistants then appointed him Executive Director of #OSS in London where he helped set up London HQ.
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Donovan told #Fisher he needed military service under his belt. 3 weeks later, he became a Lieutenant in the US Naval Reserves.
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#Fisher was assigned back to #OSS & took parachute & small boat training for infiltration missions into Italian & German territories.
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June 1945: #Fisher returned to DC & again became Donovan’s Special Assistant until #OSS was officially dissolved that October.
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1948:
#Fisher became deputy head of intel for @StateDept.
With his background he understood both the Intel & Foreign Service worlds.
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#Fisher worked for @StateDept until 1968, after he became an assistant dean @SAISHopkins.
During retirement he wrote several books.
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@StateDept @SAISHopkins In his spare time, #Fisher took up tennis & eventually placed 3rd nationally in his age group. He was well into his 90s at the time.
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The Spymaster’s Assistant, #Fisher Howe, passed away in 2015, just 7 days shy of his 101st birthday.
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