Richard Samuel GREENLEE[1]
1912 - 1965 (52 years)
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This is a photo of La Ronda Estate (1929–2009) in Bryn Mawr, by architect Addison Mizner.(photo: Lower Merion Historical Society, William Morrison Collection)Greenlee Family Crest
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Obituary OSS in Asia 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Harvard Law School
Harvard Law school, Cambridge, MassachusettsRichard S. Greenlee
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Williams College (Foggy Hall)
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25 Mar 1928: Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automobile into another vehicle. [Part 1]Newspapers.com - Daily News - 2 Mar 1965 - Page 261 Sub Rosa: The O.S.S. And American Espionage
Sub Rosa
by Stewart Alsop, Thomas Braden
A thrilling history of the Office of Strategic Services, America’s precursor to the CIA, and its secret operations behind enemy lines during World War II.
Born in the fires of the Second World War, the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, was the brainchild of legendary US Maj. Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan, designed to provide covert aid to resistance fighters in European nations occupied by Germany’s Nazi aggressors. Paratroopers Stewart Alsop and Thomas Braden—both of whom would become important political columnists in postwar years—became part of Wild Bill’s able collection of soldiers, spies, and covert operatives. Sub Rosa is an enthralling insider’s history of the remarkable intelligence operation that gave birth to the CIA.
In Sub Rosa, Alsop and Braden take readers on a breathtaking journey through the birth and development of the top secret wartime espionage organization and detail many of the extraordinary OSS missions in France, Germany, Dakar and Casablanca in North Africa, and in the jungles of Burma that helped to hasten the end of the Japanese Empire and the fall of Adolf Hitler’s powerful Reich.
As exciting as any international thriller written by Eric Ambler or Graham Greene, Alsop and Braden’s Sub Rosa is an indispensable addition to the literary history of American espionage and intelligence.
39 Greenacres Ave, Scarsdale, NY
Greenlee family homeSelective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations Page 1 - Selective Service Registration Cards, World
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Name Richard Samuel GREENLEE [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] Born 16 Apr 1912 Philadelphia, Delaware Co., PA 
[2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17] Gender Male Residence 1920 Allenhurst, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [15] Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single 25 Mar 1928: Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automob 25 Mar 1928 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automobile Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
25 Mar 1928: Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automobile into another vehicle. [Part 1]Education 1927–1930 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Around the years 1927-1930, Richard S. Greenlee attended St. Luke’s prep school which later merged with or became the Haverford School. Youth 1912–1930 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Richard S. Greenlee lived an affluent childhood in a Philadelphia Main Line community. Philadelphia Main Line
The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's once prestigious Main Line, it runs northwest from Center City Philadelphia parallel to Lancaster Avenue (U.S. Route 30).
This is a photo of La Ronda Estate (1929–2009) in Bryn Mawr, by architect Addison Mizner.(photo: Lower Merion Historical Society, William Morrison Collection)Education 1930–1934 Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Around 1930-1934, Richard S. Greenlee attended Williams College. Williams College
Williams College (Foggy Hall)Graduation 1934 Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Religion 1912–1936 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Richard S. Greenlee was raised Irish Catholic. Education 1934–1937 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Around 1934-1937, Richard S. Greenlee attended Harvard Law School. Harvard Law School
Harvard Law school, Cambridge, MassachusettsAddress 1940 Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY 39 Greenacres Avenue 39 Greenacres Ave, Scarsdale, NY
Greenlee family homeResidence 1940 Washington, District of Columbia, USA [6] Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Wife Religion 3 Sep 1940 Roanoke County, Virginia, USA Richard S. Greenlee joins the Episcopalian church when he marries Virginia Twyman Greenlee. Residence 1942 Alexandria, Virginia, USA [3] Residence 1943 White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA Military Abt 1 Jan 1945 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Richard S. Greenlee was one of two OSS civilian officers infiltrated into Japanese occupied Bangkok in January 1945 to establish liaison with Luang Pradit, Regent of Thailand, who also headed a conspiracy of high government officers to unseat the Japanese. Physical Description 2 Jan 1945 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand DAVID N GREENLEE: My father was sent behind Japanese lines in Siam (now Thailand). His exploits were written up in a couple of books. One was Sub Rosa, by Stewart Alsop. Sub Rosa: The O.S.S. And American Espionage
Sub Rosa
by Stewart Alsop, Thomas Braden
A thrilling history of the Office of Strategic Services, America’s precursor to the CIA, and its secret operations behind enemy lines during World War II.
Born in the fires of the Second World War, the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, was the brainchild of legendary US Maj. Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan, designed to provide covert aid to resistance fighters in European nations occupied by Germany’s Nazi aggressors. Paratroopers Stewart Alsop and Thomas Braden—both of whom would become important political columnists in postwar years—became part of Wild Bill’s able collection of soldiers, spies, and covert operatives. Sub Rosa is an enthralling insider’s history of the remarkable intelligence operation that gave birth to the CIA.
In Sub Rosa, Alsop and Braden take readers on a breathtaking journey through the birth and development of the top secret wartime espionage organization and detail many of the extraordinary OSS missions in France, Germany, Dakar and Casablanca in North Africa, and in the jungles of Burma that helped to hasten the end of the Japanese Empire and the fall of Adolf Hitler’s powerful Reich.
As exciting as any international thriller written by Eric Ambler or Graham Greene, Alsop and Braden’s Sub Rosa is an indispensable addition to the literary history of American espionage and intelligence.Physical Description 3 Jan 1945 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand DAVID N. GREENLEE: My father never talked about what he did, but I understood from what I read that he was involved in setting up a guerrilla network from the King Regent’s palace in Bangkok. Physical Description 4 Jan 1945 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand DAVID N. GREENLEE: The King Regent was nominally with the Japanese but actually with us. My father was commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army and awarded a bunch of U.S. and Siamese medals. Physical Description 5 Jan 1945 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand DAVID N. GREENLEE: To me he was a heroic but sort of distant figure. He stayed involved with the intelligence community in some fashion until he died in 1965. For example, one of his law clients was Radio Free Europe, and he traveled frequently to Munich. Residence 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [14] Residence Bef 1951 Massachusetts [18] Arrival 1955 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [9, 10] Physical Description 1 Jan 1955 Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA My father loved being a lawyer, but in the decade after the war he tried to branch into other things. He got involved with an oil-drilling venture, for example, and we used to have a bottle of the oil that his company pulled up in our pantry. Physical Description 2 Jan 1955 Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA It was probably the only oil. He also bought and ran, with my grandmother’s help, a sports car outlet in White Plains called Shamrock Motors. After that he got into German cars through a law client who was the distributor for Mercedes Benz in Brazil. Physical Description 3 Jan 1955 Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA We had a 220 S and a 300 SL gull wing coup, today a real classic. Arrival 8 Feb 1958 New York, New York, USA [7] Arrival 17 May 1958 New York, New York, USA [8, 11] Arrival 6 Oct 1959 New York, New York, USA [12, 13] Residence New York, USA [16] _AMTID 13225271069:1030:51595523 _COLOR 9 _UID 97244FA18BBB48398A2E2C0D265EF6A78489 Died 1 Mar 1965 Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY [4, 5, 16, 17, 18] Buried Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America [4, 5] Person ID I503 Greenlee-Family-Tree Last Modified 27 Nov 2019
Father Samuel Aloysius GREENLEE, b. 30 Aug 1880, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Apr 1950, Los Angeles (Age 69 years) Mother Gladys Sybil STEPHAN, b. 17 May 1891, Maryland , d. Oct 1973 (Age 82 years) Family ID F152 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family VIRGINIA POWERS TWYMAN, b. 31 Mar 1912, Appomattox, Virginia, USA , d. 5 Feb 2001, Littleton, Jefferson, Colorado, USA (Age 88 years) Married 2 Sep 1940 Salem, Virginia, USA [2] Married 2 Sep 1940 Roanoke, Virginia, USA [2] Children 1. Richard Samuel GREENLEE III 2. David Nicol GREENLEE 3. Anne GREENLEE 4. Virginia “Nancy” Powers GREENLEE, b. 8 Oct 1947, Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY , d. Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY Last Modified 28 Nov 2019 Family ID F160 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Apr 1912 - Philadelphia, Delaware Co., PA 
Residence - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - 1920 - Allenhurst, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 
25 Mar 1928: Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automob - Samuel A. Greenlee with son Richard crashes automobile - 25 Mar 1928 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Education - Around the years 1927-1930, Richard S. Greenlee attended St. Luke’s prep school which later merged with or became the Haverford School. - 1927–1930 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Youth - Richard S. Greenlee lived an affluent childhood in a Philadelphia Main Line community. - 1912–1930 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
Education - Around 1930-1934, Richard S. Greenlee attended Williams College. - 1930–1934 - Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Graduation - 1934 - Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Religion - Richard S. Greenlee was raised Irish Catholic. - 1912–1936 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
Education - Around 1934-1937, Richard S. Greenlee attended Harvard Law School. - 1934–1937 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 
Address - 39 Greenacres Avenue - 1940 - Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY 
Residence - Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Wife - 1940 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA 
Married - 2 Sep 1940 - Salem, Virginia, USA 
Married - 2 Sep 1940 - Roanoke, Virginia, USA 
Religion - Richard S. Greenlee joins the Episcopalian church when he marries Virginia Twyman Greenlee. - 3 Sep 1940 - Roanoke County, Virginia, USA 
Residence - 1942 - Alexandria, Virginia, USA 
Residence - 1943 - White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA 
Military - Richard S. Greenlee was one of two OSS civilian officers infiltrated into Japanese occupied Bangkok in January 1945 to establish liaison with Luang Pradit, Regent of Thailand, who also headed a conspiracy of high government officers to unseat the Japanese. - Abt 1 Jan 1945 - Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Physical Description - DAVID N GREENLEE: My father was sent behind Japanese lines in Siam (now Thailand). His exploits were written up in a couple of books. One was Sub Rosa, by Stewart Alsop. - 2 Jan 1945 - Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Physical Description - DAVID N. GREENLEE: My father never talked about what he did, but I understood from what I read that he was involved in setting up a guerrilla network from the King Regent’s palace in Bangkok. - 3 Jan 1945 - Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Physical Description - DAVID N. GREENLEE: The King Regent was nominally with the Japanese but actually with us. My father was commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army and awarded a bunch of U.S. and Siamese medals. - 4 Jan 1945 - Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand Physical Description - DAVID N. GREENLEE: To me he was a heroic but sort of distant figure. He stayed involved with the intelligence community in some fashion until he died in 1965. For example, one of his law clients was Radio Free Europe, and he traveled frequently to Munich. - 5 Jan 1945 - Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand 
Residence - 1950 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
Residence - Bef 1951 - Massachusetts 
Arrival - 1955 - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Physical Description - My father loved being a lawyer, but in the decade after the war he tried to branch into other things. He got involved with an oil-drilling venture, for example, and we used to have a bottle of the oil that his company pulled up in our pantry. - 1 Jan 1955 - Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA Physical Description - It was probably the only oil. He also bought and ran, with my grandmother’s help, a sports car outlet in White Plains called Shamrock Motors. After that he got into German cars through a law client who was the distributor for Mercedes Benz in Brazil. - 2 Jan 1955 - Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA Physical Description - We had a 220 S and a 300 SL gull wing coup, today a real classic. - 3 Jan 1955 - Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA 
Arrival - 8 Feb 1958 - New York, New York, USA Arrival - 17 May 1958 - New York, New York, USA Arrival - 6 Oct 1959 - New York, New York, USA 
Residence - - New York, USA Died - 1 Mar 1965 - Scarsdale, Westchester Co., NY 
Buried - - Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America = Link to Google Earth
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