Santa Monica-Based OSS’ Surviving Members Honored At Hotel Shangrila

From 1939-41, Hotel Shangrila in Santa Monica and its beaches were OSS MU training grounds for Santa Monican recruits, whose secret wartime adventures led to today's Navy SEAL operations. William J. Donovan, New York lawyer and WWI MOH hero, appointed by President FD Roosevelt as the first Coordinator of Information (COI), and head of the ... Continue reading at www.smmirror.com.