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).
posted by amyms
on Feb 21, 2007 -
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You've probably heard of the WWII
Navajo "code talkers" who managed to baffle crack Japanese cryptanalysts and were credited with enabling US success at Iwo Jima. Civil engineer, journalist and photographer
Philip Johnston was the determined mind behind the "windtalkers". The son of missionaries, Johnston grew up on a Navajo reservation and was one of only a handful of outsiders fluent in the Navajo language. A bit of his background is included
this article, and you can read a
complete history of his plan, view an archive of
photos by Johnston, and see copies of his
enlistment application letter to the Marine Corps commandant, as well as a
recommendation letter from the Commanding General. (more inside...)
posted by taz
on Jan 22, 2003 -
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