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Word: messboys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jersey, flunked out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Grabbed later as a draft dodger, he joined the Navy, put on such a show of love for the Germans that the Navy discharged him. From then on, it was easy-for a while. Colepaugh sailed to Europe as a messboy on the diplomatic exchange liner Gripsholm, jumped ship at Lisbon, and presented himself at the German consulate. He was quickly enrolled in espionage schools, introduced to Gimpel, started on the long voyage home, an accomplished traitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: If at First... | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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