 In July 1944 , Wild won a power struggle over who was in charge of deception planning in France ; consequently Ops ( B ) had a much more involved role . He sent Jervis @-@ Read to France at the head of a " Forward " section , accompanied by the American officers Lieutenant Colonel Frederic W. Barnes and Major Alfred ( Al ) J. F. Moody . By the end of October 1944 , all of the American members of the department had returned home , leaving an entirely British staff . 
