The Winking Fox Author:Rene J. Defourneaus The Winking Fox is the captivating self-account of a U.S. Army officer, who as a young Frenchman shortly before WWII, came to the United States with his mother and sister to join his father who had emigrated twelve years earlier. In 1943, dishearten and discouraged by the desperate military situation, he joined the U.S. Army. Trained as an intel... more »ligence specialist he went to England to join a unit as an interrogator. There, recruited by OSS, trained as an agent by SOE he parachuted alone into occupied France to organize and train French resistance group. Subsequently, he was transferred to Asia where as the second in command of a team parachuted into Japanese held French Indochina in support of a group assembled by Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyn Giap. Shortly after WWII he was recalled to active duty and served twenty years as an Army intelligence officer with duty in Europe, Asia and the United States ending his career at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. This book about his experiences as an intelligence agent describes vividly some of his activities explaining why his efforts were often misunderstood or ignored by his superiors who lacked the required background and experience to adequately utilize his talents. Because of his ability to overcome adversity or his phenomenal good luck his associates has dubbed him "The Fox" a description he did not take seriously, hence the Winking Fox.« less