tambourineman
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Thec OSS regularly recruited civilians, and people like Indy were used and were particularly useful to them. His job as a professor of archaeology meant that that he had the perfect cover, he could travel without raising suspicion. He had contacts all over the world. He knew other languages. He was fit. He was patriotic. Not to mention that he had a history of working for the government against the Nazis, he was essentially doing the same work in Raiders. I have no idea why people would have a problem with this. Historically, it fits perfectly and is completely plausible. And story-wise, it fits Indy's character and personal history perfectly.