"Part of our duties in Paris were getting agents to go behind the lines in a way that they wouldn't be compromised." (Audio Interview, Part 1, 35:13)
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Robert B. Springsteen
Detail from photo of Robert Springsteen in uniform [undated]
War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Detachment
Services Service Location: Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois; Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; London, England; Paris, France Rank: Captain Place of Birth: IL
Robert Springsteen was an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) employee who didn't learn languages or assume disguises. What he did out of his office in liberated Paris was to distribute money to field operatives like Moe Berg, a onetime major league baseball player who went undercover to report on Germany's budding nuclear weapons program. Springsteen arrived in France shortly after D-Day carrying a small fortune in currency, and he kept acquiring money, as well as jewelry and diamonds for agents to hock when they ran low on Springsteen-disbursed cash.