Episode 425 - Peter Ortiz, The Marine Murder Cryptid

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Peter Ortiz, a rich kid from New York City, serves in the French Foreign Legion before joining the Marine Corps, becoming a spy during WWII, and fighting the Nazis alongside the French Resistance, all while dual-wielding pistols, in full dress uniform, and wearing a cape.

SOURCES:

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/peter-ortiz-oss-operative-undercover-hero/

https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/11/05/us-marine-who-forced-nazi-officers-toast-fdr-gunpoint-and-became-most-decorated-oss-operative.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-american-spy-who-surrendered-to-the-nazis-to-save-civilians-180982003/

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-incredible-saga-of-col-peter-j-ortiz/

https://chroniclesmagazine.org/columns/sins-of-omission/the-marine-corps-answer-to-james-bond/

https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/32798/Ortiz-Pierre-Peter-Julien.htm