George John Dasch
| George John Dasch | |
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| Born | February 7, 1903 |
| Died | 1992 |
| Occupation | waiter, spy |
| Criminal charge | Treason and espionage |
| Criminal penalty | Capital punishment (commuted by Franklin D. Roosevelt to 30 years in prison; clemency by Harry Truman with conditional deportation to American-occupied Germany) |
| Criminal status | Convicted |
| George John Dasch | |
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| Born | February 7, 1903 |
| Died | 1992 |
| Allegiance | German Empire; United States |
| Service/branch | German Army; U.S. Army |
| Years of service | German Army 1917–1918; American service years 1927-1928 |
| Rank | Private, Imperial Germany Army (1917-18); Private, U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
George John Dasch (February 7, 1903 – 1992) was a German agent who landed on American soil during World War II. He helped to destroy Nazi Germany’s espionage program in the United States by defecting to the American cause, but was tried and convicted of treason and espionage.
Georg John Dasch was born in Speyer, Germany. He entered a Roman Catholic seminary at the age of 13 to study for the priesthood. However, he was expelled the following year. Lying about his age, he enlisted in the Imperial German Army and served in Belgium during the final months of World War I. In 1923, he entered the United States illegally through a port in Philadelphia by ship as a stowaway then stayed in New York City. For four years, he drifted among several New York restaurants with one season spent at a hotel in Miami Beach. In 1927, Dasch enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was assigned to the 5th Composite Group of Newton field in Honolulu and served with the 72nd Bombardment Squadron, but after a year, he purchased himself out of the Army, receiving an honorable discharge. He then worked as a waiter in San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and back in New York City. In 1930, he married Rose Marie Guille, an American citizen. Naturalized an American citizen in 1933, Dasch returned to Germany in 1941.
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