Millard Preston Goodfellow

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M. Preston Goodfellow
Nickname(s)	"G" "Jolly Goodfellow"
Born	22 May 1892 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	5 September 1973 (aged 81) Washington, D.C., US
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Service/branch	Army Reserves United States Army Office of the Coordinator of Information Office of Strategic Services
Rank	Colonel, AU, Commanding
Commands held	Assistant, G-2 Director, COI Service Command Director, Special Activities/Goodfellow Co-Creator, Operational Group Command Chief,Special Operations Branch Assistant Director,Office of Strategic Services
Known for	Father of modern Special Operations
Battles/wars	Mexican Border War War Correspondent World War I World War II Operation Jedburgh Tolstoy-Dolan Free Thai Eifler Operation Hoskins Operation Carpetbagger Operation Torch Operation Market Garden Korean War
Awards	Order of the British Empire (Honorary) Order of Polonia Restituta (Chevalier) Officer's Cross Order of the Crown of Italy (Commander)
Alma mater	New York University, Degree in Journalism
Spouse(s)	Florence Searle Haeussler
Children	Alice Goodfellow Guyaz Millard Preston Goodfellow, Jr.
Other work	Boys Clubs of America, Masonic Lodge, Society of Old Brooklynites

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.^[1]

Goodfellow was a publisher of the Brooklyn Eagle, Pocatello Tribune, and the New York American.^[2] 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.^[3][4] Goodfellow died in Washington, DC, in 1973, at age 81.^[5]