The Office of Strategic Services Society celebrates the historical accomplishment of the OSS during World War II—the first organized effort by this nation to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence, spearheaded by the legendary General "Wild Bill" Donovan—and educates the public regarding the continuing importance of strategic intelligence to the preservation of freedom in this country and around the world.

The Society has been a veritable "who's who" of military, political, intellectual and social luminaries, and the best and brightest from this nation's universities—including William Casey, William Colby, Arthur Goldberg, Julia Child, Sterling Hayden, Ambassador Richard Helms, Paul Mellon, S. Dillon Ripley, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., to name just a few.

The OSS Society and its predecessor, the Veterans of OSS, has sponsored, organized or participated in educational events and programs such as presentations to the Society by Gen. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by Gen. Wayne Downing, former Commander of the U.S. Special Forces Command; presentations of the prestigious William J. Donovan Award to William Casey, William Colby, President George H. W. Bush, President Reagan, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, Ralph Bunche, Margaret Thatcher, and William Webster; symposia recording the accomplishments of the OSS and the experiences of its veterans; and reunions of OSS veterans in 2002, 2004, and 2005.

The OSS Society publishes a quarterly newsletter that is made available to the public through this web site. We offer research assistance in response to requests from historians, writers, media, military organizations, and descendants of OSS veterans. We provide speakers to a wide array of organizations.