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Now a green, open space enjoyed by residents, Fort Hunt, Virginia
– about 15 miles south of Washington, DC. – was the site of one
of the highest-level, clandestine operations during World War II.
Shortly after entering World War II, the U.S. military realised
that it had to work on exploiting any advantages it might gain on
the Axis Powers. One part of these endeavours was to establish a
secret facility not too close, but also not too far from the
Pentagon, which would interrogate and eavesdrop on the
highest-level Nazi prisoners and also translate and analyse
captured German war documents. The complex established at Fort Hunt
was known by the code name: PO Box 1142. The American servicemen
who interrogated German prisoners or translated captured German
documents were young, bright, hardworking, and absolutely dedicated
to their work. Many of them were Jews, who had escaped Nazi Germany
as children – some had come to America with their parents, others
had escaped alone, but their experiences and those they had been
forced to leave behind meant they all had personal motivation to do
whatever they could to defeat Nazi Germany. They were perfect for
the difficult and complex job at hand. They never used corporal
punishment in interrogations of German soldiers but developed and
deployed dozens of tricks to gain information. The Allies won the
war against Hitler for a host of reasons, discussed in hundreds of
volumes. This is the first book to describe the intelligence
operations at PO Box 1142 and their part in that success. It will
never be known how many American lives were spared, or whether the
war ended sooner with the programs at Fort Hunt, but they doubtless
did make a difference. Moreover these programs gave the young
Jewish men stationed there the chance to combat the evil that had
befallen their families.
Now a green open space enjoyed by residents, Fort Hunt, Virginia,
about 15 miles south of Washington, DC. was the site of one of the
highest-level, clandestine operations during World War II. Shortly
after the United States entered World War II, the US military
realised that it had to work on exploiting any advantages it might
gain on the Axis Powers. One part of these endeavors was to
establish a secret facility not too close, but also not too far
from the Pentagon which would interrogate and eavesdrop on the
highest-level Nazi prisoners and also translate and analyze
captured German war documents. That complex was established at Fort
Hunt, known by the code name: PO Box 1142. The American servicemen
who interrogated German prisoners or translated captured German
documents were young, bright, hard-working, and absolutely
dedicated to their work. Many of them were Jews, who had escaped
Nazi Germany as children - some had come to America with their
parents, others had escaped alone, but their experiences and those
they had been forced to leave behind meant they all had personal
motivation to do whatever they could to defeat Nazi Germany. They
were perfect for the difficult and complex job at hand. They never
used corporal punishment in interrogations of German soldiers but
developed and deployed dozens of tricks to gain information. The
Allies won the war against Hitler for a host of reasons, discussed
in hundreds of volumes. This is the first book to describe the
intelligence operations at PO Box 1142 and their part in that
success. It will never be known how many American lives were
spared, or whether the war ended sooner with the programs at Fort
Hunt, but they doubtless did make a difference. Moreover these
programs gave the young Jewish men stationed there the chance to
combat the evil that had befallen them and their families.
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