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| Keywords: nae u.s. national archives usnationalarchives today's document todaysdocument may may 12, 1945 may121945 may 12 may12 05/12/1945 05121945 nara:arcid=595672 espionage spy virginia hall virginiahall hall special operations executive specialoperationsexecutive soe office of strategic services officeofstrategicservices oss central intelligence agency centralintelligenceagency cia distinguished service cross distinguishedservicecross dsc william joseph donovan williamjosephdonovan william j. 'wild bill' donovan williamjwildbilldonovan william j. donovan williamjdonovan william donovan williamdonovan bill donovan billdonovan wild bill donovan wildbilldonovan donovan medal of honor medalofhonor moh congressional medal of honor congressionalmedalofhonor cmoh document text Title: Memorandum for the President from William J. Donovan Regarding Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Award to Virginia Hall, 05/12/1945 Production Date: May 12, 1945 Creator(s): War Department. Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. Strategic Services Unit. (09/1945 - 10/19/1946) (Most Recent) Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. (06/13/1942 - 10/01/1945) (Predecessor) Office of the Coordinator of Information. (07/11/1941 - 06/13/1942) (Predecessor) Memorandum for the President from William J. Donovan Regarding Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Award to Virginia Hall, 05/12/1945 (ARC ID 595672); Washington Director's Office Administrative Files, 1941-1945; Records of the Office of Strategic Services, 1919 - 1948; Record Group 226; National Archives. Denied a career in the Foreign Service due to an amputated leg, Virginia Hall would go on to work undercover in France during World War II for British intelligence and later the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), organizing numerous sabotage operations against German forces. In this memo dated May 12, OSS Director William Donavan informs President Truman that she has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross -- the only female civilian in the war to receive this honor. After the war she became one of the new CIA's first female officers. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=595672 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Title: Memorandum for the President from William J. Donovan Regarding Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Award to Virginia Hall, 05/12/1945 Production Date: May 12, 1945 Creator(s): War Department. Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. Strategic Services Unit. (09/1945 - 10/19/1946) (Most Recent) Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. (06/13/1942 - 10/01/1945) (Predecessor) Office of the Coordinator of Information. (07/11/1941 - 06/13/1942) (Predecessor) Memorandum for the President from William J. Donovan Regarding Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Award to Virginia Hall, 05/12/1945 (ARC ID 595672); Washington Director's Office Administrative Files, 1941-1945; Records of the Office of Strategic Services, 1919 - 1948; Record Group 226; National Archives. Denied a career in the Foreign Service due to an amputated leg, Virginia Hall would go on to work undercover in France during World War II for British intelligence and later the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), organizing numerous sabotage operations against German forces. In this memo dated May 12, OSS Director William Donavan informs President Truman that she has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross -- the only female civilian in the war to receive this honor. After the war she became one of the new CIA's first female officers. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=595672 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted | ||||
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