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Oleg Anisimov
OLEG ANISIMOV was a Russian interpreter and author.
He left Russia in 1922 at the age of fourteen and lived in France for several years. He taught French history and literature in Riga, Latvia whe...view moreOLEG ANISIMOV was a Russian interpreter and author.
He left Russia in 1922 at the age of fourteen and lived in France for several years. He taught French history and literature in Riga, Latvia when, in 1940, the tiny Baltic land was occupied by the Red Army and annexed by the Soviet Union.
Owing to his knowledge of Russian and German, Anisimov was appointed an interpreter with the German Economic Inspection in occupied Soviet territory and, between 1941 and 1945, came to know Soviet people of all classes: peasants and workers, professors and writers, officers and soldiers.
Following the end of World War II, Anisimov served as chairman of the Welfare Committee for Russian Refugees in the British zone of Germany from 1945 to 1951.
Anisimov used his extensive experiences for his acclaimed study of psychological warfare, The Ultimate Weapon, first published in 1953.
WILLIAM JOSEPH ("WILD BILL") DONOVAN (January 1, 1883 - February 8, 1959) was a highly decorated 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. He is also known as the "Father of American Intelligence" and the "Father of Central Intelligence".
General Donovan is the only person to have received all four of the United States’ highest awards: The Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the National Security Medal. He is a recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart, as well as decorations from a number of other nations for his service during both World Wars.
He died in 1959 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. aged 76 and is buried in Section 2 of the Arlington National Cemetery.view less