
Interview of Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers. This is part 1 of a 2 part series available for members only.

Interview of Monday, 3 November 2025 of Stephen Mercado discussing his new book Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito’s Scientists and Technicians Served in WWII and the Cold War. This video release is now available to the public .

The OSS Society hosted its William J. Donovan Award® Dinner - the preeminent annual gathering of the US intelligence and special operations communities - in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2025. A sold-out crowd of 700 people filled the ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton for the 36th presentation of the award since its inception in 1961.
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12:00 PM
Il Fornaio Restaurant
327 Lorton Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010
Please join the AFIO San Francisco Chapter for an in-person viewing of the film James Waste: A Cold War Spy in the New World Disorder.