William Colepaugh
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American able seaman and secret agent
Why Is William Colepaugh Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Curtis Colepaugh was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve , defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. While a crewman on a repatriation ship that stopped off in Lisbon, Colepaugh defected at the German consulate. Colepaugh had attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey.