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Moe Berg was a professional @MLB player who also served his country as an intel officer during #WWII in #OSS.
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Moe a @Princeton grad, passed New York State bar exam, learned 8 languages & played 15 @MLB seasons as shortstop, catcher & coach.
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@Princeton @MLB Moe’s entrée into intelligence began when he, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig & other all-stars went to Japan in mid-1930s for exhibition games
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Proficient in Japanese, Moe talked his way into one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo, climbed to the roof, & filmed city’s shipyards
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Reportedly, the US used Moe’s footage to plan bombing raids over Tokyo during #WWII.
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Following attack on Pearl Harbor, Moe joined White House’s new Office of Inter-American Affairs then went to work for #OSS in 1943.
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Moe was an #OSS paramilitary officer in Europe. On one of his assignments he parachuted into Yugoslavia to evaluate the resistance.
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1945: Using language skills & charm, Moe found Third Reich physicist Werner Heisenberg & determined they didn’t have nuclear weapons.
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Moe stayed w #OSS until it was dissolved in 1945. After, he served w NATO’s Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research & Development
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Moe: “…I’m happy I had the chance to play pro ball & am especially proud of my contributions to my country.”
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