Leaving the chaos of postwar Germany for an uncertain future, 17-year-old Gerhardt Thamm arrived in America in 1948 with little more than his American birth certificate. With minimal command of English and little formal education, he enlisted in the Army and quickly found himself assigned to operations where his German language abilities were put to use. With the Soviet Union's emergence as a potential adversary, Thamm was recruited into the Army's clandestine services, where he operated as a secret agent in Germany, under multiple identities. This richly detailed personal narrative tells…mehr
Leaving the chaos of postwar Germany for an uncertain future, 17-year-old Gerhardt Thamm arrived in America in 1948 with little more than his American birth certificate. With minimal command of English and little formal education, he enlisted in the Army and quickly found himself assigned to operations where his German language abilities were put to use. With the Soviet Union's emergence as a potential adversary, Thamm was recruited into the Army's clandestine services, where he operated as a secret agent in Germany, under multiple identities. This richly detailed personal narrative tells Thamm's incredible story (with more than two dozen photographs and sketches).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gerhardt B. Thamm retired in 1987 after serving more than 38 years in intelligence and security-related operations. He has written for the Armed Forces Journal International, Periscope, Golden Sphinx, The Voice of Intelligence and Naval Proceedings. In 1994 the CIA specially honored Gerhardt for a report which was recently declassified and published in Naval Intelligence Professional Quarterly. He now lives in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments A Man for All Seasons Words of Wisdom A Note About Names Prologue-A Man Called Trenker Scared as Hell Riding the Rollercoaster Boy Soldier Strangers in Our Own Land Life in Post-World War II Germany Black Market Days America at Last You're in the Army Now... War-Once again Assignment: The U.S. Army General School Germany, Here I Come Something Special The Visit Every Man Has a Price Tattered Cloak and Rusty Dagger Doktor Hermann and Georg Trenker The Transformation Special Operations Team Number Three (SpecOps 3) Special Tasks-German Automobile License Plates Special Tasks-The Proprietary Special Tasks-The Proprietary 2 Nosy Old Lady Close Call Special Tasks-The Proprietary 3 On the Streets of Berlin Not Quite According to the Rules Ceramics? Problem in the Floor Wax Business Contact Lost Code Name "The Shepherd" Another Busy Day in Berlin Reorganization: The New Boss Wasted Effort The Last Christmas in Silesia New Task-Build a Bolthole Life Is a Gamble End of Tour of Duty Trust, and the Bad Apple Order, Counterorder The Later Years Postscript Notes Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments A Man for All Seasons Words of Wisdom A Note About Names Prologue-A Man Called Trenker Scared as Hell Riding the Rollercoaster Boy Soldier Strangers in Our Own Land Life in Post-World War II Germany Black Market Days America at Last You're in the Army Now... War-Once again Assignment: The U.S. Army General School Germany, Here I Come Something Special The Visit Every Man Has a Price Tattered Cloak and Rusty Dagger Doktor Hermann and Georg Trenker The Transformation Special Operations Team Number Three (SpecOps 3) Special Tasks-German Automobile License Plates Special Tasks-The Proprietary Special Tasks-The Proprietary 2 Nosy Old Lady Close Call Special Tasks-The Proprietary 3 On the Streets of Berlin Not Quite According to the Rules Ceramics? Problem in the Floor Wax Business Contact Lost Code Name "The Shepherd" Another Busy Day in Berlin Reorganization: The New Boss Wasted Effort The Last Christmas in Silesia New Task-Build a Bolthole Life Is a Gamble End of Tour of Duty Trust, and the Bad Apple Order, Counterorder The Later Years Postscript Notes Index
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