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| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2015 10:44 p.m. PST |
… Bureau's Role in WW1 Counter-Espionage. "At 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, German agents operating inside the United States touched off 2 million pounds of American-made munitions stored on the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey. The entire consignment was awaiting transport to Britain and France for use on the Western Front. The blast, which became known as the Black Tom Island Explosion, damaged the Statue of Liberty, shattered windows in Time Square and was felt as far away as Maryland. Although the United States wasn't officially at war with Germany at the time, hostile agents and saboteurs were still operating on American soil. It was the job of Bureau of Investigation (the forerunner of today's FBI) to track them down and (if possible) bring them to justice. In this piece, printed with the permission of the FBI, bureau historian Dr. John Fox takes us through how a peacetime police force suddenly found itself embroiled in the First World War long before America officially joined the conflict in Europe…"
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Armand |
| Lee Metford | 10 Jan 2015 11:44 p.m. PST |
Thanks Armand! The whole site – MHN, looks really interesting so I've bookmarked it for future reading. Keep up the good work! |
| Tango01 | 11 Jan 2015 12:03 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Ironwolf | 11 Jan 2015 6:41 a.m. PST |
Wow never knew this, great find. |
| Tango01 | 11 Jan 2015 9:24 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it too my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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dips his toe into the Russo-Japanese War.
