Millard Preston Goodfellow

Millard Preston Goodfellow
Millard Preston Goodfellow
Assistant Director of the Office of Strategic Services
	In office; 1942–1945
President	Harry S. Truman
Chief of the Special Operations Branch of OSS
	In office; 1942–1925
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Chief of Special Activities/Goodfellow of COI
	In office; 1941–1942
Preceded by	Robert Solberg
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Deputy Coordinator of the Office of the Coordinator of Information
	In office; 1941–1942
Personal details
Born	Millard Preston Goodfellow; May 22, 1892; Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	September 5, 1973 (aged 81); Washington, D.C., US
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Spouse	Florence Searle Haeussler
Children	Alice Goodfellow Guyaz; Millard Preston Goodfellow, Jr.;
Education	Virginia Military Institute (BA)
Alma mater	New York University, Degree in Journalism
Awards	Order of the British Empire (Honorary); Order of Polonia Restituta (Chevalier); Officer's Cross; Order of the Crown of Italy (Commander);
Nickname(s)	"G"; "Jolly Goodfellow"; Father of modern Special Operations
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Army Reserve; ; Office of the Coordinator of Information; Office of Strategic Services;
Years of service	1916–1918 (active); 1918–1941 (reserve); 1941–1950s (active)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Signal Corps; G-2; Detachment 101
Commands	Assistant, G-2; Director, COI Service Command; Co-Creator, Operational Group Command;
Battles/wars	Mexican Border War; World War I; World War II Operation Jedburgh; Tolstoy-Dolan; Free Thai; Eifler; Operation Hoskins; Operation Carpetbagger; Operation Torch; Operation Market Garden; ; Cold War Korean War; ;

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Millard Preston Goodfellow, who often went by the name "Preston Goodfellow," was an American soldier, spy, diplomat, journalist, war correspondent, and newspaper publisher. A veteran of World War I, Goodfellow became a leading figure at the Office of the Coordinator of Information and the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.

Goodfellow was a publisher of the Brooklyn Eagle, Pocatello Tribune, and the New York American. During the Korean War, he acted as Special Adviser to President Syngman Rhee, mediating on behalf of the State Department and Central Intelligence Agency between Rhee and Kim Ku. Goodfellow died in Washington, DC, in 1973, at age 81.