Map of Italy, printed on silk, issued to aviators and others operating behind enemy lines.

William G. Suhling, Jr. Typed log of the Office of Strategic Services. 1944.

Suhling's son, William "Billy" G. Suhling III

William G. Suhling, of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital, became commanding officer for Italian operations in the Office of Strategic Services Italy, officially known as Co. D, 2677th Regiment (Provisional), on July 1, 1944. In his log entry for August 8, 1944, Suhling records "General [William] Donovan...arrived at 1400. Gen. Donovan discussed and approved Mangostine with Capt. Holohan in charge." On September 26, the Mangostine mission was dropped more than 100 miles behind the German lines carrying a radio, arms, and an undisclosed amount of money for partisans fighting the Germans. Three months later a message was radioed to headquarters that Holohan had been slain in a German ambush. Suhling suspected foul play but only years after the war did the truth emerge. Holohan was murdered by his own men in a dispute over the money and the arming of the communist partisans. Suhling later offered evidence for the subsequent trial of the two American officers involved.

Suhling's son, William "Billy" G. Suhling III, captain-elect of the Virginia football team and the center who snapped the ball back to the famed Bill Dudley, forfeited his senior year to enlist in the Marines in February of 1942. Four months later he died in a training accident.