gap Posted May 3, 2014 Share #26 Posted May 3, 2014 The Commando is covered quite well in U.S. Handguns of WW2 by Charles Pate. Great book...if you can find it. I am lucky enough to have a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 3, 2014 Share #27 Posted May 3, 2014 Thanks much! Will look for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 3, 2014 Share #28 Posted May 3, 2014 Man am I lucky! found one after just 1 minute of searching......only problem they want $735.00 on abebooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gap Posted May 3, 2014 Share #29 Posted May 3, 2014 It is out of print and hard to come by, expect to spend at least $75 - $100 minimum if you can find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted May 4, 2014 Share #30 Posted May 4, 2014 This is a pic of the OSS warehouse in Rosslyn, VA. It was also a brewery. As that area went through a revitalization some time ago, ithas since been torn down and a motel is in its place. Ron Not trying to pick on you, 17thairborne, but gap is correct about the OSS getting mostly 4" guns. Also, Military Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence operated out of Maryland but the OSS HQ was a large complex in Washington DC. The majority of guns that shipped to the OSS went to their warehouse in Rosslyn, VA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 4, 2014 Share #31 Posted May 4, 2014 Thanks for clarifying that. I understood that much of the training of agents took place at the training camps in MD at Bethesda and what is now Camp David. It makes sense that the shipping would have been to the warehouse and then farmed out from there. To bad the original building is gone. Would have made a great museum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted May 4, 2014 Share #32 Posted May 4, 2014 You may find this interesting. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwill Posted May 4, 2014 Share #33 Posted May 4, 2014 You may find this interesting. Ron Ron, Can you post a bigger version and/or a source? Thanks, Kevin Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted May 4, 2014 Share #34 Posted May 4, 2014 Kevin I tried 3 or 4 times to resize to a better/clearer pic but could not get it to work. I also see the link/source reference didn't show up either. Here is the link/source. Maybe you can get better/clearer pics/info from it. Ron http://www.nps.gov/cato/historyculture/oss-training.htm Another link with some good info: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/oss/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwill Posted May 4, 2014 Share #35 Posted May 4, 2014 Thanks for the links. This is not exactly the same map but it's marginally better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted May 4, 2014 Share #36 Posted May 4, 2014 This is an excerpt from William Colby's book, Honorable Men, My life in the CIA. The excerpt documents the disbanding ceremony location (Fowler Bldg) of the OSS at the end of WW2. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 5, 2014 Share #37 Posted May 5, 2014 Excellent links and maps!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 7, 2014 Share #38 Posted May 7, 2014 Len, Did you send off for the Colt Letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted May 8, 2014 Share #39 Posted May 8, 2014 what a beautiful COLT pistol - always loved these and would love to get one this NICE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len S Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share #40 Posted May 23, 2014 Len, Did you send off for the Colt Letter? No but I will be shortly. Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17thairborne Posted May 23, 2014 Share #41 Posted May 23, 2014 They told me 100 days wait when I called. Hope it arrives quickly. It will be great to add to the data base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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