The Brotherhood of P.O. Box 1142 was a secret American military intelligence facility that operated during World War II. The American Military Intelligence Service had two special wings whose core duty was to interview the Prisoners of War (POWs), known as MIS -X and MIS -Y. They were known by their codename, the mailing address "P.O. Box 1142."
P.O. Box 1142 was based out of Fort Hunt, Virginia,NPS/> formerly part of George Washington's farmlands. German scientists, submariners and soldiers were questioned.washington/> P.O. Box 1142 obtained valuable intelligence from German POWs and also communicated with Allied POWs overseas. The work done at Fort Hunt contributed to the Allied victory of World War II. It also led to advances in scientific technology and military intelligence that directly influenced the Cold War.
