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Carl Marzani

1952 | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_place = New York City, U.S. | birth_name = | nationality = | occupation = Economist, intelligence analyst, film producer, author, publisher, landlord | signature = Carl A. Marzani signature.jpg | years_active = 1936–1980s | education = Williams College (B.A., 1935)
Oxford University (B.A., 1938) | known_for = Documentary films | party = Socialist (1931–1936)
Communist (1939–1941)
Progressive (1948) | otherparty = Communist Party of Great Britain (1937–1939) | criminal_charges = Defrauding U.S. government | notable_works = | spouse =
| children = 4 | module =
| branch = International Brigades
Office of the Coordinator of Information
Office of Strategic Services | serviceyears = 1936–1937
1942–1945 | rank = | unit = Durruti Column | battles = *Spanish Civil War **Aragon Front *World War II

}} }} Carl Aldo Marzani (March 4, 1912 – December 11, 1994) was an Italian-born American political activist with a series of careers as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, organizer for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), United States intelligence official, documentary filmmaker with an Academy Award nomination, author, and publisher. During World War II he served in the federal intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and later the U.S. Department of State. He picked the targets for the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, which took place on April 18, 1942. Marzani served nearly three years in prison for having concealed his former CPUSA membership when joining the American war effort in 1942. Provided by Wikipedia