• Code name “Cynthia.”
• Participated in an OSS “black bag” job—secret entry into a home or office to steal or copy materials.
• Acted as a “swallow”—a female agent employed to seduce people for intelligence purposes.
• Became the case officer for and the lover to Charles Brousse, an agent-in-place.
• Infiltrated the Vichy French Embassy in Washington, D.C., with the aid of Charles Brousse; secured information and cipher books needed for the invasion of Vichy French North Africa.

Virginia Hall (1906 - 1982)

• Civilian spy with wooden leg; known as the “Limping Lady of the OSS.”
• Often disguised as an old peasant women; conducted major clandestine operations in occupied France.
• Known by the Gestapo as “one of the most dangerous Allied agents in France.”
• Directed guerrilla missions by the French Resistance targeting German communication and transportation lines.
• Supervised and trained three battalions of French commandos for D-day, June 6, 1944.
• Her team was responsible for killing 150 German soldiers and capturing 500 others.
• First female civilian to receive the Distinguished Service Cross.