I was trained to be a spy

by Helias Doundoulakis

“Exciting, first-hand account of a WWII spy” - Kirkus Discoveries Standing on a beam motionless for what seemed like hours, four German officers play Bridge fifteen feet below the OSS agent...so close, he could see their cards, and their mistakes, since he knew Bridge well … I Was Trained To Be A Spy follows the story of an American-born boy who grew up in a small village on the Greek island of Crete. During his final year in high school, he witnesses the German invasion of the island as WWII began. At the age of eighteen, he joined a resistance group and supplied crucial information to the SOE, the arm of the English Intelligence Service. This group however is uncovered, resulting in their hasty evacuation by the SOE, to Cairo, Egypt. There, Doundoulakis was asked to join the English Intelligence Service, only to pursue the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services), the fledgling American spy organization. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was attached to the OSS’s SI or Secret Intel