Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 02.07.2025
On Feb. 10, 1946, Cpt. Daniel Mudrinich was discharged from the U.S. Army. Having joined the Office of Strategic Services in the summer of 1943, he had spent seventeen months toiling in the harsh conditions of Burma (now Myanmar) as an area intelligence officer and commander of Kachin Rangers....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.14.2023
On 17 August 1945, Office of Strategic Services personnel conducted Operation MAGPIE to rescue Allied military and civilian personnel in a Japanese prisoner camp in China. One of several such mercy missions, MAGPIE’s success hinged on Japanese American interpreter/translator Sgt. Dick Hamada to notify the Japanese guards of their country’s surrender days earlier....
