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Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Released Thursday, 25th May 2023
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Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Episode 12: Orleans Pitre, Cajun of OSS

Thursday, 25th May 2023
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In the mid-night hours of September 10, 1944, Captain Orleans Pitre, a Cajun from Cut-Off, Louisiana, jumped out of an airplane over France with a team of special agents from the Office of Strategic Services. Their mission: to rendezvous with the French Maquis, supply them with weapons, and coordinate attacks against the retreating Germans. Pitre was one of a handful of Cajuns recruited by the OSS because of their French. Their secret missions behind enemy lines are the stuff of legend. Listen to his amazing story, as documented by his nephew in a 1991 interview.   

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