2026-07-30 15:18 UTC
July 30, 1915: On this date, William Aalto was born. He served in the Spanish Civil War in the Abraham Lincoln Brigades. During WW2, he was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services through personal recommendations from fellow Lincoln veterans and underwent OSS training in demolition & guerrilla tactics. His operational career was curtailed by injury. (1/5)
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https://alba-valb.org/volunteers/william-oliver-aalto/
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@MNSpy@mastodon.online 2026-07-30 15:19
Aalto volunteered for dangerous guerrilla operations, working behind enemy lines for weeks at a time. He was trained in the use of pressure-sensitive explosives to destroy railroad tracks, bridges & power lines. One operation (the destruction of the main supply bridge spanning the Albarracín River) may have been the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. (2/5) #SpanishCivilWar #ALBA #Antifa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aalto