"Our group trained them, sent them back with telegraphic equipment, and they would wire intelligence to us." (Video Interview, Part 1, 23:35)

William Spoelhof

William Spoelhof [2002] War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Navy Unit: Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Service Location: Washington, DC; England; Belgium; Netherlands Rank: Lieutenant Senior Grade Place of Birth: NJ

William Spoelhof, an American-born college professor whose parents had emigrated from Holland, retraced their path during World War II as a member of the OSS. After extensive training stateside in all things Dutch, he journeyed to London, then Paris, and finally Brussels, where his office contacted Dutch partisans for undercover work in their occupied homeland. Eventually, he followed the Allied armies into Holland and Germany, continuing to gather intelligence on German activities and plans.