America's Greatest Female Spy
Posted Fri Jun 16, 2006, 6:20 AM ET
Virginia Hall was considered so dangerous by the Gestapo that they crafted a Wanted poster with her likeness. The UK made her an MBE and the US awarded her the DSC—the only woman ever to receive that honor. She parachuted behind enemy lines with her "wooden leg in her backpack." So why haven't I ever heard of this remarkable woman?
Hayden B. Peake reviews a biography that just might make Hall's name better known.
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