William Joseph Donovan
According to relatives, the great William Joseph Donovan, whose grandfather Timothy O'Donovan was from Skibbereen, had traced his ancestry back to medieval times. But whatever genealogy there might have been is now lost, if so, and his sept may or may not ever be known. Wild Bill Donovan was the most decorated American soldier of World War I, and later headed the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in World War II. He is known as the "Father of American Intelligence" and the "Father of Central Intelligence."
William Joseph Donovan was a Knight of Malta and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester, the only American ever to be made the second.
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