1) The world-famous gourmet Julia Child worked
in the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner
of the CIA) during WW II in the Pacific (mostly, what
she was tasked with doing was operating an
areas's "Registry", keeping track of all the paperwork
coming in & going out)
2) Even after V-E Day in August, 1945, Japanese troops were
still actually used by the Allies, including America, in such areas
as Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as de facto "Peacekeepers" in
order to keep some sort of order until the European powers
were able to reclaim their colonies
3) FDR inspired nationalism in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, but
after his death, Truman's political views tended more towards
a return to European colonialism. This paved the way for
such groups as Ho Chi Minh's resistance (Viet Minh) against
France to take root and grow in influence and numbers.
4) One OSS operation that was attempted during WW II in the
Pacific against Japan was based on the supposed fear that
the typical Japanese citizen had concerning foxes. An
operation was actually attempted, dumping dozens upon
dozens of foxes in to the Pacific by an island held by the
Japanese military. The foxes, once they hit the water, turned
tail and actually swam out to sea, never to be seen again
5) Julia, before she met Paul Child during WW II, had culinary
tastes that were best described as a "Meat & Potatoes" palette.
She had minimal cooking skills until after she married Paul in
1946, and he was reassigned, by the State Dept., to Paris.
(Even during the peak of her fame, she enjoyed eating at a
Chinese restaurant in the Boston area, noting that there
was barely enough time in one lifetime to master French
cooking, why not enjoy the various Asian foods that had
changed her attitudes and palette for the rest of her life)
in the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner
of the CIA) during WW II in the Pacific (mostly, what
she was tasked with doing was operating an
areas's "Registry", keeping track of all the paperwork
coming in & going out)
2) Even after V-E Day in August, 1945, Japanese troops were
still actually used by the Allies, including America, in such areas
as Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as de facto "Peacekeepers" in
order to keep some sort of order until the European powers
were able to reclaim their colonies
3) FDR inspired nationalism in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, but
after his death, Truman's political views tended more towards
a return to European colonialism. This paved the way for
such groups as Ho Chi Minh's resistance (Viet Minh) against
France to take root and grow in influence and numbers.
4) One OSS operation that was attempted during WW II in the
Pacific against Japan was based on the supposed fear that
the typical Japanese citizen had concerning foxes. An
operation was actually attempted, dumping dozens upon
dozens of foxes in to the Pacific by an island held by the
Japanese military. The foxes, once they hit the water, turned
tail and actually swam out to sea, never to be seen again
5) Julia, before she met Paul Child during WW II, had culinary
tastes that were best described as a "Meat & Potatoes" palette.
She had minimal cooking skills until after she married Paul in
1946, and he was reassigned, by the State Dept., to Paris.
(Even during the peak of her fame, she enjoyed eating at a
Chinese restaurant in the Boston area, noting that there
was barely enough time in one lifetime to master French
cooking, why not enjoy the various Asian foods that had
changed her attitudes and palette for the rest of her life)
