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Veterans of P.O. Box 1142 served the country through two Military Intelligence Service programs during World War II at Fort Hunt. Their top secret work contributed to the Allied victory and 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 Axis forces and attempted to coordinate their escape. The larger MIS-Y program interrogated nearly 4,000 enemy prisoners of war and scientists who were processed at this camp.
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Fort Hunt, Virginia · United States
