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Description of  The Spy with the Wooden Leg: The Story of Virginia Hall

Action-packed World War II spy biography! Ages 10+ How did a young woman become one of the bravest, most valuedand MOST WANTEDintelligence agents in World War II? Virginia Hall had a dream to become the first woman ambassador for the United States. Turned down by the US State Department time and again, she could not stand idly by while the Nazi German army swept through Europe conquering country after country. She volunteered to drive an ambulance in WWII France. She rescued downed airmen, radioed vital information to the Allies, and led three battalions of French Resistance forces in guerrilla warfareall with a wooden leg! Known as Read more