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Major William Martin

Categories: Armed Forces

See Operation Mincemeat for Major Martin's role in WW2. The body was identified in 1996 as that of Glyndwr Michael, a Welsh homeless man, but the Wikipedia page puts forward a number of other possibilities.

Wikipedia has this grim photo captioned "Corpse of 'William Martin', prepared for release into the water".

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Major William Martin

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Operation Mincemeat

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