by Craig Gralley | Jan 13, 2018 | Virginia Hall
Virginia Hall received the Distinguished Service Cross from OSS Chief William (“Wild Bill”) Donovan during a private ceremony in September 1945. Originally, Donovan wanted President Truman to present the award but Virginia feared the ceremony would make...
by Craig Gralley | Jan 2, 2018 | Virginia Hall
Virginia Hall Escapes the Gestapo Gestapo Chief Klaus Barbie, “The Butcher of Lyon,” was closing in and Virginia Hall had to escape by crossing the snow-capped Pyrenees in the winter of 1942. She made the difficult trip with her prosthetic limb she...
by Craig Gralley | Jan 2, 2018 | Work
America’s first and greatest spy of the Second World War was a middle-aged woman from Baltimore with an artificial leg named Virginia Hall. Her remarkable story of courage, set against the backdrop of Nazi cruelty in World War II France, is largely unknown. Virginia...
