Bill Streifer
Historian and Researcher:
The history of intelligence and nuclear weapons
[ Long Island, New York ]
Intelligence/Nuclear/B-29 Articles by
Bill Streifer
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OSS in Manchuria: Operation Cardinal
OSS Society Journal, Summer/Fall 2010

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Operation Cardinal: "...So You Must be a
Spy"
American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2011

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Hal Leith: An American Spy Before the CIA
Long Beach Public Library, Nov. 2011

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OSS in Korea: Operation Eagle
American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012

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The Goldfish Club
500th Bomb Group Newsletter, December 2012

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The Goldfish Club
Goldfish Club Newsletter (England), Spring 2013

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Do Sang-rok: The "Father" of North Korea's
Nuclear Weapons Program?
NKnews.org, May 2013

Huffington
Post "Recommended Article."
"I enjoyed your NK News article,
which I read some time ago. You know more than I do about Mr. Do." |
- Bruce Cumings
America's #1 authority on North Korea |
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Hungnam, North Korea: Pyongyang's Long Nuclear
History
DCBureau.org, June 2013

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In a North Korea Nuclear Defector's Own
Words
KPA Journal, August 2013
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The Last Flight of the "Hog Wild"
(in Russian)
Airforce.ru

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The Shock of "First Lightning": An
Intelligence Failure?
American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2013

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1945: When Korea Faced Its Post-Colonial
Industrial Future
Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2013 (annual),
Seoul, Korea
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Two CIA Reports: Hungnam, North
Korea
American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2014
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Irek Sabitov
Newspaper Editor and Journalist
[ Ufa, Russia ]
... 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] |
interesting and
multidimensional
- Korea expert Roald Saveliyev (Russia) |
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The
Last Flight of the "Hog Wild"
-- in Russian--
Airforce.ru, September 16, 2013 |
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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.

Konan POW camp and chemical plant in the background where it
was rumored that atomic bomb work was being carried out by the Japanese.
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"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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A spy mission disguised as a POW "mercy mission."
Ridiculous, you say? Read "OSS in Manchuria: Operation Cardinal" by
Bill Streifer, a featured article and cover-story in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue
of the OSS Society
Journal.
Your OSS article was great! |
- Leigh Grant
daughter of Lieut. John Grant |
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