CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: Identification Dog Tag
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Dog tag belonged to Sala Dasananda.
A Thai national, Sala was working on a doctorate degree @Cornell when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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@Cornell OCT 1943: Sala joined Free Thai Movement & trained in guerrilla warfare, explosives, radios, & parachuting.
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Sala & Free Thai volunteers sailed 62 days to Kunming where he helped maintain radio contact w Free Thai’s covert station in Bangkok.
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Sala infiltrated into Thailand in May 1945 as passenger on board a seaplane that flew just 50’ above water to avoid radar detection.
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Sala primary duties were observing & reporting locations of Japanese troop concentrations & prison camps of Allied personnel.
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Former #OSS Director Gen. #Donovan presented Sala w Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the Pentagon in 1947.
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