the day the world went
cold |
Bill
Streifer
Advisor to the Cold War Museum
Vint Hill, Virginia |
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Irek
Sabitov
Newspaper editor and journalist
Ufa, Russia |
Introduction by ...
Dr. Benjamin C. Garrett
FBI Senior Scientist
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) forensic lab - Quantico, Virginia |
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To get a complete and accurate picture of the people, places and events
surrounding the downing of the B-29 "Superfortress" called the Hog
Wild, the authors of The Flight of the Hog Wild, have amassed a
collection of documents, "secret" intelligence reports, photographs,
maps, sketches, newspaper clippings, and eyewitness accounts from individuals
in five countries.
Bill Streifer and Irek Sabitov have also consulted Russian and American
authors, historians, military leaders, journalists, including some of the
greatest authorities in their respective fields. Approximately half of the
information concerning the Hog Wild's mission to Soviet-controlled northern
Korea is derived from Russian/Soviet sources.
If you only know the American version of the Hog Wild saga, you don't know the
half of it....
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"What these guys know about Japan's atomic bomb program
during WWII could fill a book."
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BREAKING NEWS ...
The Flight of the Hog Wild is now a blog at the National Library of
Scotland...
http://nlsopublog.blogspot.com/
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"Great Bill, congratulations!
Well deserved!"
Walt J. Boyne
Director, National Air and Space Museum |
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The Hog Wild was forced down on August 29, 1945 over the city
of Konan (now Hungnam, North Korea).
This is not the Hog Wild, although it suffered similar
damage after being fired upon and forced down by Soviet Yak fighters.
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This is the Order of the Red Banner,
awarded to the Russian Yak fighter pilots
who shot down the Hog Wild, an American B-29 Superfortress on a POW supply
mission.
This is the Konan POW Camp in Hungnam, North Korea where the
13-man crew of the Hog Wild - along with 354 Allied POWs - were interned for
sixteen days, while Soviet and American commanders negotiated for their
release.
Soviet officers, Allied POWs and the crew of the Hog Wild ...
in Hungnam, North Korea. |
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... and now the Hog Wild
is a BIG STORY in Russia!
"The Last Flight of the Hog Wild : The
Japanese Nuclear Bomb Slipped Into the Hands of North Korea" by Irek
Sabitov & Bill Streifer |
Arguments of the Week, August 12-18,
2010
Circulation: 587,000 / week (including Moscow)
[Gallup Media] |
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A spy mission disguised as a POW "mercy mission."
Ridiculous, you say? Read "OSS in Manchuria: Operation Cardinal" by
Bill Streifer, a featured article in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of the
OSS Society
Journal.
| Your OSS article was great! |
- Leigh Grant
daughter of Lieut. John Grant |
| "The more I read of your research, the stranger the
whole affair becomes. Some of your work is bringing back memories and questions
I had at the time but dismissed as contemporary events, overwhelmed my
attention." |
- Staff Sgt. Arthur Strilky
Hog Wild's Radio Operator |
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| "Your website is thought-provoking and
spectacular." |
- Leigh Grant
daughter of Lieutenant John Grant, an
"observer" aboard the Hog Wild |
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"I learned much of interest & think others will
find it of interest, too. The potential audience, based on a single chapter,
strikes me as vast: historians of assorted types (military, diplomacy, Soviet
affairs, Korean studies, Japanese studies), conspiracy theorists (information
withheld by whom & why?), Cold War & Korean Conflict enthusiasts &
students of the atomic bomb.
My comments will follow later but I remain impressed by the research & by
the results...
I found the details in Chapter 9 terrific. The story is compelling, especially
for someone with an interest in the field but otherwise ignorant on the periods
when the Japanese occupied the area and were producing materials for use during
World War II, as well as the early years of Soviet occupation following the
Japanese evacuation and surrender. You provide useful insights into those
periods. The inclusion of maps, drawing and photos is a wonderful
idea." |
- Benjamin C. Garrett
FBI Senior Scientist
forensic laboratory
Weapons of Mass Destruction
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| "This book is a fascinating insight into a too-long
overlooked chapter in our aviation history. Only diligent research, intelligent
analysis and the ability to write well could provide the student of World War
II with this new and riveting chapter of the greatest series of aerial battles
of the war. It is sure to meet with widespread approval, considerable
controversy and, logically, a film." |
- Walter J. Boyne
military historian
National Air & Space Museum
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P.S.
You are obviously a pro, and your material is well written... I
wish you well with this! It is great to see another chapter added, especially
one that uncovers all new material. |
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| NEWS
FLASH |
On November 10th, Bill Streifer will be giving a talk
entitled "Hal Leith: an American Spy Before the CIA."
The talk will be held at the Long Beach Public Library (on Long Island, N.Y.)
on November 10, 2011 at 2 pm . As always, a PowerPoint presentation with many
photos and documents will be shown. I hope you can all attend...
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* * * * *
Before the CIA was formed, U.S. intelligence overseas (spying) was done by the
Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Shortly after the end of WWII, Hal Leith -
a member of the five-man OSS team - parachuted into Soviet-controlled Manchuria
to rescue prisoners of war from a Japanese POW camp and to spy on the Russians.
This is Hal Leith's story and his recollections of that dangerous mission.
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