More Words, Deeper Hole

Both Alice Bradley Sheldon and Julia Child were in the American intelligence community but not in a secret history useful way:

Year      Sheldon                           Child
1941           
1942     joins US Army Air Forces         joins Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
1943 
1944                                      posted to Ceylon
1945                                      Leaves OSS
1946     Discharged
1947
1948                                      Moves to France with husband, 
                                   totally not a covert agent at this point
1949
1950
1951 
1952    Invited to join CIA
1953
1954
1955    Resigns to go to school
1956

Unsurprisingly what Child did really well was organize information. Sheldon analyzed photos, is that right?