Corvo,M. The O.S.S. in Italy, 1942-1945. 1990
Corvo, Max. The O.S.S. in Italy, 1942-1945. New York: Praeger, 1990.
324 pages.
In 1942, U.S. Army Private Max Corvo was a 21-year-old Sicilian
immigrant who came up with a plan for subversive warfare against Sicily.
He wrangled a three-day pass and an interview in Washington, and a few weeks
later was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services. For the next
seven months he traveled around the U.S. and recruited other immigrants.
From 1943 to 1945, Corvo was stationed abroad, in charge of OSS operations
in Italy. After the war he retired from intelligence work, and since 1947
has been the publisher of the Middletown Bulletin in Connecticut. Along
with other OSS veterans, Corvo remains active in reconstructing the history
of the agency from declassified documents.
There were numerous successes, as well as bureaucratic turf and
logistical support problems, for the OSS in Italy. It was the Office of
Naval Intelligence, for example, that released Mafia chief Lucky Luciano
from a U.S. prison and recruited him for their advance work in Sicily,
sidelining the OSS. (Corvo says that he made an early decision to avoid
Mafia contacts during his recruitment efforts.) After Corvo left Italy,
James Angleton took over the work there, and according to other accounts,
vigorously encouraged the anti-leftist elements. More often than not, this
meant promoting those with masonic, syndicate, or fascist connections.
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