Comments on: "It was just six years of my life."

"It was just six years of my life."

amyms — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:28:15 -0800

WANTED: The Limping Lady. The Gestapo's poster read "She is one of the most valuable Allied agents in France and we must find and destroy her" but Virginia Hall, who used a prosthetic limb after losing a leg years before in a hunting accident, eluded them and saved countless Allied lives while working as a spy during WWII. Additional biographical information, as well as the biographies of other famous female spies, at WWII Female Spies (which has many outgoing links to other great informational resources about female spies in WWII).

By: denpo

denpo — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:38:15 -0800

Damn Interesting has posted an article about her recently.

By: Pressed Rat

Pressed Rat — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:40:16 -0800

Excellent!

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:45:10 -0800

Julia Child, seen here in 1944, worked for the OSS. Huh. I did not know that.

By: the sobsister

the sobsister — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:54:36 -0800

And, in a related story, Heather Mills McCartney will be the first one-legged contestant on Dancing With The Stars.

By: Gungho

Gungho — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:23:19 -0800

As an aside Smithsonian Magazine is practically giving away subscriptions. Well worth the $10.00/year

By: grobstein

grobstein — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:42:30 -0800

Reminds me of the title character of V..

By: donfactor

donfactor — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:29:10 -0800

But what about some female spies from World War III?

By: nola

nola — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:02:22 -0800

great post amyms.