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ICYMI: Virginia Hall’s sense of adventure served her & the US well during her long & storied career in intel… https://t.co/DjNujiTSPK — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: Barbara Lauwers worked in #OSS Morale Ops & developed propaganda programs to crush the enemy’s spirit… https://t.co/fqDRaIl78U — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: “What the Heck Was I Gonna Do With a Dumb Gun?” The Wit & Derring-Do of Stephanie Czech Rader… https://t.co/ReUjh0LB76 — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: #OSS Identification Badge #2923 https://t.co/WdvoPa962l #WWII #HISTINT… https://t.co/2tbHwfMCkn — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: During #WWII, Marlene Dietrich recorded a number of anti-Nazi albums in German for the #OSS.… https://t.co/EQYQMmMXdu — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: Maria Gulovich led #OSS & British officers through a blizzard & out of German clutches.… https://t.co/DzaGVl7uj0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Happy #pridemonth! “ANGLE of Ascent” highlights key role CIA leaders played in building inclusive environment. https://t.co/TQBwPdgGsr — PolitiTweet.org

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Happy #PrideMonth! “ANGLE of Ascent” highlights key role CIA leaders played in building inclusive environment. #LGBT https://t.co/TQBwPdgGsr — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia was one of a few relatively senior women in ops until her mandatory retirement in 1966 at age 60.… https://t.co/tPsqyjsBbi — PolitiTweet.org

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At CIA, Virginia used her covert action expertise in range of activities & in support of resistance groups in Iron Curtain countries. #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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For her courage & ingenuity, Virginia was the only civilian woman during #WWII to be awarded the Distinguished Serv… https://t.co/WwkQGkgNPA — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia organized 1000s of French Maquis, blew up bridges, & conducted other sabotage operations to support Allies… https://t.co/rGRBRqjGRo — PolitiTweet.org

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By staying on the move, camping in barns & attics, Virginia was able to avoid Germans who were desperately tracking… https://t.co/GtV8aIUSTl — PolitiTweet.org

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To avoid detection, Virginia dyed her hair grey & disguised herself as a milkmaid with a shuffling gait to hide her… https://t.co/0zTyopuwjr — PolitiTweet.org

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1944: Virginia joined #OSS. Unable to parachute into France because of her artificial leg, she arrived by British t… https://t.co/Y06djz993Y — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia was determined to return to France. SOE refused, as she was too well-known to the Gestapo. She was sent back to London. #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Over complex terrain, Virginia hiked as much as 50 miles through snow-covered mountains over 7,500’ in altitude w her prosthetic leg. #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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#FridayReads: A Climb to Freedom: A Personal Journey in the Footsteps of Virginia Hall https://t.co/DUTKo88Sm9… https://t.co/5kQXKYTTng — PolitiTweet.org

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NOV 1942: German troops flooded France after defeat in N Africa Virginia & 3 others escaped by hiking across Pyrene… https://t.co/QZ4CFqRTcg — PolitiTweet.org

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Lyon’s Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, who never knew Virginia’s true name, caught wind of her activities & put a boun… https://t.co/xBixyGtQ8A — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia became an expert in: organizing resistance providing weapons & supplies helping downed airmen & her specialty… jailbreaks #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Beyond her charter, Virginia proved adept at recruiting spies. She created a network of 90 agents, code-named Heckl… https://t.co/6b9E0JNLg9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia’s mission, Geologist-5, provided SOE w info on Vichy France: political & econ conditions, & amount of popular will to resist #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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1941: Virginia-1st female SOE operative in France-used forged documents & false names as she worked undercover in L… https://t.co/nNqhZ9fSrm — PolitiTweet.org

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PM Winston Churchill had just established Special Operations Executive (SOE) to support underground resistance & conduct sabotage ops #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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@StateDept Virginia’s knowledge of the French countryside, fluency in French & German, & moxie caught the attention of the British. #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Furious, Virginia left @StateDept & went to Paris to drive ambulances. 1940: She moved to London & became a code cl… https://t.co/V4V5LOsVDU — PolitiTweet.org

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Virginia couldn’t take Foreign Service exam due to strict rules against employees w disabilities joining diplomatic… https://t.co/huA95zqzEj — PolitiTweet.org