Office of Strategic Services

Repeated exact source label and compatible controlled type identify the same named subject; only observations with this label/type are grouped.

No merge by spelling was applied across distinct controlled types.

Reviewed source observation locators: destroyer-002:office-of-strategic-services (witness:00000001:ch01:p0038); destroyer-009:office-of-strategic-services (witness:00000024:ch01:p0041).

destroyer-014:office-of-strategic-services links to this subject after independent source review and lead contextual comparison (witness:00000039:ch05:p0056; witness:00000039:ch05:p0058).

destroyer-037:oss: Lead contextual comparison supports the recurring Office of Strategic Services referent: Intelligence organization in Smith’s earlier career. Earlier compatible observation: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment.. Source labels, narrative scope and attributed claims remain separate. (witness:00000108:ch11:p0002; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-038:oss: Lead compared identifying primary passages and reviewed roles for O.S.S.: Organization in which Nobile says he and Conrad MacCleary trained together. This is compatible with the existing office-of-strategic-services subject (Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment.). The source’s own labels, narrative/mention/paratext scope, attributed statements and uncertainty remain in its observation; this decision does not assert real-world accuracy of fictional acts. (witness:00000111:ch11:p0074; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-055:office-strategic-services: Lead compared the identifying source context and accepted prior role: U.S. wartime service in which Smith says he began his national service. Compatible prior subject: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment. Preserve observed labels, mention versus scene scope and character-attributed claims; this joins the subject, not all assertions about it. (witness:00000159:ch04:p0010; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-049:oss: Lead compared identifying source passages and roles: Wartime U.S. service where Smith served as strategist in London after Warsaw. Prior subject: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment. The same subject is identified; fictional assertions, scene/mention scopes and attributed accounts remain separate. (witness:00000141:ch10:p0022; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-051:oss-b51: Lead compared the identifying passages and roles for the same recurring subject. Current scope: U.S. wartime intelligence service in Circe’s account of Smith’s past. Prior scope: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment. Book-specific claims and appearances remain separate. (witness:00000147:ch04:p0049; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-044:oss: Lead compared identifying source contexts and compatible roles: Organization in which Doc Jackson served after joining the armed forces; the source identifies it by the abbreviation OSS. Prior: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment. Preserve source attribution and mention versus scene scope. (witness:00000129:ch09:p0059; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-059:office-of-strategic-services-b59: Lead compared identifying primary contexts and compatible recurring scope for OSS: Wartime intelligence service the narrator says accompanied Smith’s parachute mission into France during World War II. Prior subject: Smith recalls having served in the OSS during the war while reflecting on an old assignment. Preserve book-specific statements and distinguish product brand from any physical item. (witness:00000171:ch02:p0151; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-061:oss: Same explicitly named historical organization, with Smith’s World War II service context matching the prior series record. (witness:00000177:ch04:p0095; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).

destroyer-076:oss: Both passages name the historical U.S. wartime intelligence service; Smith’s background is consistent with its historical period. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000222:ch25:p0017; witness:00000001:ch01:p0038).