P.O. BOX 1142 WAR MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE

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THIS FLAGPOLE IS DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF P.O. BOX 1142 WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY AS MEMBERS OF TWO MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS) PROGRAMS DURING WORLD WAR II. THEIR TOP SECRET WORK HERE AT FORT HUNT NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ALLIED VICTORY, BUT ALSO LED TO STRATEGIC ADVANCES IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY THAT DIRECTLY INFLUENCED THE COLD WAR AND SPACE RACE. THE MIS-X PROGRAM COMMUNICATED WITH AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD CAPTIVE BY THE ENEMY AXIS FORCES AND ATTEMPTED TO COORDINATE THEIR ESCAPE. THE LARGER MIS-Y PROGRAM CARRIED OUT THE INTERROGATION OF NEARLY 4,000 ENEMY PRISONERS OF WAR AND SCIENTIST WHO WERE PROCESSED AT THIS CAMP.

Location

Address: WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY
City: ALEXANDRIA
State:
Zip Code: 22308

Details

Memorial Type: Flag Pole Memorials including Field of Flags
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
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