World War II Honoree

Louis D. Cohen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Adam Shubert

Relationship

Grandson

OFFICE OF SPECIAL SERVICES. SPY TRAINER. TRAINED FOREIGN NATIONALS, MOSTLY FRENCH AND ITALIAN, IN TECHNIQUES OF INTELLIGENCE GATHERING. THEN HAD THEM RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES AS SPIES. ALSO TRAINED PROMINENT AMERICANS, WHOSE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS TOOK THEM OVERSEAS AND THEREFORE WERE FAMILIAR AND TRUSTED FACES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE ON THESE TRIPS.