Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE (July 5, 1913 – May 16, 1988) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II.

Prior to 1948, a formal established Counterintelligence occupational field was non-existent within the Marine Corps, with the exception of some Marines assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.

If you have questions about becoming a Marine Officer, your best resource for information is an Officer Selection Officer (OSO) from an Officer Selection Station (OSS). An OSO will answer...

One of the most remarkable Marines to serve in World War II, Peter Ortiz and his team—two leatherneck sergeants and a Free French officer—surrendered to the Germans rather than …

2014年7月20日 · Approximately 80 officers and 200 enlisted men from the Marine Corps served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In that group was one of the most decorated Marines in World War II and the most decorated member of the OSS, Col. Pierre “Peter” Julien Ortiz, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, whose military career actually ...

More than 35 Marine officers and a considerable number of enlisted Marines were assigned to duty with the OSS in Africa and Europe during the war. Their duties were so highly secret that even their award citations were classified and remained so until after the war.

While most Marines were island-hopping in the Pacific during World War II, some were conducting secretive operations across Europe. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was the …

Among the most compelling and least known U.S. Marine exploits of World War II is the saga of 41 intrepid Marines who served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the European Theater.

2012年11月8日 · We are particularly pleased that it was prompted in part by messages about OSS Marines in Europe that occurred in the POW appendix to the final volume of our official history of World War II, Victory and Occupation."

Captain Ortiz had reported back to HQMC in April of 1943, and the following month joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a secretive organization and predecessor to the CIA. He was a graduate of both the Legion's and Marine Corps' parachute schools.