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Coleman, Frances Innes Gowen "Fig"

Date of birth:
November 22nd, 1922 (Bryn Mawr/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:
December 8th, 2014
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Military career:
1941: Basic Training, volunteered to join the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) where he qualified for the Operational Groups.
?: Action in Italy
?: Parachute training the Atlas Mountains
1944: Dropped into Southern France together with an OSS Team. They made contact with the local resistance and harrassed the retreating German Army for two weeks.
1947: CIA

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