P.O. BOX 1142 WAR MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE
THIS FLAGPOLE IS DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF P.O. BOX 1142 WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY AS MEMBERS OF TWO MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS) PROGRAMS DURING WORLD WAR II. THEIR TOP SECRET WORK HERE AT FORT HUNT NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ALLIED VICTORY, BUT ALSO LED TO STRATEGIC ADVANCES IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY THAT DIRECTLY INFLUENCED THE COLD WAR AND SPACE RACE. THE MIS-X PROGRAM COMMUNICATED WITH AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD CAPTIVE BY THE ENEMY AXIS FORCES AND ATTEMPTED TO COORDINATE THEIR ESCAPE. THE LARGER MIS-Y PROGRAM CARRIED OUT THE INTERROGATION OF NEARLY 4,000 ENEMY PRISONERS OF WAR AND SCIENTIST WHO WERE PROCESSED AT THIS CAMP.
Listing Details
- AccessPublic
- Wars CommemoratedWORLD WAR II
- Type of MemorialFlag Pole Memorials including Field of Flags
- LocationWASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY
- City
- State
- Zip Code22308
- Photograph ByCRAIG SWAIN
- Submitted ByCOURTESY OF HMdb.org
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