Citation for Virginia Hall for the Distinguished Service Cross
1945
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This citation accompanied the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Virginia Hall. Hall was a civilian who worked for the Office of Strategic Services in France from March to September 1944. Despite Gestapo efforts to arrest her, Hall organized, armed, and trained three battalions of French Resistance Forces.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of Strategic Services.
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595152Full Citation: Citation for Virginia Hall for the Distinguished Service Cross ; 1945; Records of the Office of Strategic Services, Record Group 226. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/citation-for-virginia-hall-for-the-distinguished-service-cross, May 16, 2024]