From the inside flap of the dust jacket of this 276 page hardcover: "During WW-II, America formed its first formal intelligence agency which came to be known as the Office of Strategic Services or OSS. Led by WW-I Medal of Honor recipient, William Donovan, who was ordered by President Roosevelt to create, train and staff an exceptional group of individuals to carry the war to the enemy on all fronts. A part of the OSS was dedicated to the development and use of a wide range of clandestine and exotic weaponry.

OSS Special Weapons II

John W. Brunner

Phillips Publications

<p>The second edition of this book on The Colt Pocket Hammerless Automatic Pistols is profusely illustrated.  It is based on many years of research in the Colt factory production and shipping records as well as examination of these pistols over more than sixty years. Included is a detailed record of all of the changes made in these two models (Models M and N) over the 45 years of its production. Also included are the identifications by name and serial number of most of the General Officers who were issued these pistols during and after World War 2.The book is 8½ by 11 inches, 240 pages with 226 illustrations, 100 of them in color.</p>

Colt Pocket Hammerless Automatic Pistols II

<p>BRAND NEW HOT OFF THE PRESS! "ORTIZ" " TO LIVE A MAN'S LIFE" BY LAURA HOMAN LACEY, EDITED BY DR. JOHN W. BRUNNER, PHD. The skillful pen and extensive research of Laura Lacey brings the remarkable Peter Ortiz vividly into focus as one of the Marine Corps' most amazing yet little known heroes. An American swashbuckler of great initiative, bravery and integrity, whose feats of derring-do were stranger than fiction. A man with a deep and abiding love for the French Foreign Legion, the Untied States Marine Corps and his beautiful wife, Jean. He led "A Man's life" that will make very Marine proud. This book with the Ortiz family's help now has all the unbelievable adventures and escapades documented in a can't put down book with great photos. If it wasn't so well researched you wouldn't believe one man could accomplish all this in a lifetime. Peter Ortiz, a French Foreign Legionnaire captured early in WWII by the Nazis then escapes to America to join the USMC, one of the most decorated Marines in WWII as a OSS spy parachuting behind enemy lines.</p>

Ortiz: To Live a Man's Life

Laura Homan Lacey

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OSS Special Weapons II

Colt Pocket Hammerless Automatic Pistols II

Ortiz: To Live a Man's Life