National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations

05/22/2026

Our thanks to the Global SOF Foundation and USSOCOM for organizing this week’s superb . We were grateful for the opportunity to share The OSS Society’s mission of educating Americans about the importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom by building the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations. Please take a few minutes to watch a short film about our planned museum:

The National Museum of Intelligence & Special Operations will honor Americans who have served at the "tip of the spear" and educate the American public about the importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom.

03/01/2026

The OSS Society is planning to build the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations to honor Americans who have served at the "tip of the spear" as our nation's first line of defense; to educate Americans about the importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom; and, most importantly, to inspire future generations to serve. In recognition of its importance to telling the American story, Congress has designated our museum as a "National" museum upon its completion. nationalintelligencemuseum.org

01/18/2026

11/15/2025

Watch the film about our planned National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations. The museum will honor Americans who have served at “the tip of the spear” as our nation’s first line of defense; educate the American public about the importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom; and - most importantly- inspire future generations to serve.

To underscore its importance to telling the American story, Congress has designated it as a “National” museum - a rare distinction.

Here’s a link to a short film about the museum: https://vimeo.com/1039013869/848cda22f6?fl=pl&fe=sh

Please make a tax-deductible donation by clicking on the following link: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/Q25SM6JXPTNV8

11/11/2025

If you are attending today’s ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery commemorating Veterans Day, the OSS Memorial is at the intersection of Roosevelt and Grant Drives in Section 2 near General Donovan’s grave.

11/10/2025

This films honors the Marines who served heroically in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II, and the career of Gen. Jim Mattis who rece...

09/13/2025

World War II was fought on many fronts. One of them was film. Filming Under Fire: John Ford’s OSS Field Photo Branch tells the story of how Hollywood’s…

09/06/2025

For more information about how to attend or sponsor the preeminent annual gathering of the US intelligence and special operations communities, please click here:

Email from The Preeminent Annual Gathering of the U.S. Intelligence and Special Operations Communities The William J. Donovan Award® Dinner, the preeminent annual gathering of the U.S. Intelligence an

07/08/2025

The OSS’s Virginia Hall, the only American civilian woman who received the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, died OTD in 1982. General Donovan presented the decoration to her himself.

When OSS received a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’s highest civilian honor, in 2018, we inscribed CUTHBERT - the nickname Hall gave her prosthetic leg - on the medal to honor her. The OSS Society presents an award in her name.

Here’s a link to our short documentary about the women of OSS, “The Tip of the Spear: From Virginia Hall to Gina Haspel”:

https://vimeo.com/907559519/aa40d25e91