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Portrait of Col. Boris Pash, the military head of ALSOS
Emigration to USA
When the communists prevailed, he fled Russia. Joining the YMCA, he was sent to Paris, where he was given responsibility for educational activities at several Russian refugee camps. After service there, he was sent to the YMCA school in Springfield, Massachusetts. Just prior to World War II he was Director of the Physical Education Department of Hollywood High School in Los Angeles (In younger years he had been a track competitor, specializing in the mile run). During spare time in those pre-war years he joined the U.S. Army reserves and was assigned to the Infantry Intelligence Branch. He took course work then, qualifying for certification by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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