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Minnesota Spy Club<p>“Jedburgh Team AMMONIA under American Captain Benton McDonald (“Mac”) Austin, &lt;French 2nd Lt Verneuil&gt;, and American radioman Sergeant Jacob B. (“Jack”) Berlin, were able to slow down, through blasted bridges and railroad lines, a crack German armored division, the 2nd SS Panzer (“Das Reich”) Division, as it struggled to reach the invasion beachhead from southwestern France.” (2/2) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jedburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jedburgh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDay</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/oss-in-action-the-mediterranean-and-european-theaters.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nps.gov/articles/oss-in-action</span><span class="invisible">-the-mediterranean-and-european-theaters.htm</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>April 12, 1917: On this date, Benton McDonald Austin was born. Operator in the Office of Strategic Services, he parachuted into France near Sarlat at St Nathalene on June 9, 1944 as part of Jedburgh Team AMMONIA. (1/2) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jedburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jedburgh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDay</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/austin-benton-mcdonald.35856/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">specialforcesroh.com/index.php</span><span class="invisible">?threads/austin-benton-mcdonald.35856/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>April 4, 1944: On this date, British Jedburgh wireless operator John Austin was executed. Part of team DUDLEY who had worked to organize Dutch resistance elements in support of Operation Market Garden, he was captured, sent to Zwolle Prison, shot at age 21. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jedburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jedburgh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://alanmalcher.com/2021/12/17/sergeant-john-austin-wireless-operator-with-jedburgh-team-dudley-netherlands-1944/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alanmalcher.com/2021/12/17/ser</span><span class="invisible">geant-john-austin-wireless-operator-with-jedburgh-team-dudley-netherlands-1944/</span></a></p>
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