![]() ![]() When they talked with awe and affection of her incredible exploits, they smiled and looked up at the wide, open skies with “les étoiles dans les yeux. Until the end of his days, he and the others who had known Virginia on the plateau liked to pause now and then to think of the woman in khaki who never, ever gave up on freedom. The last of those famous Diane Irregulars-the ever-boyish Gabriel Eyraud, her chouchou-passed away in 2017 while I was researching Virginia’s story. In the midst of hardship and fear, she had shared with them a fleeting but glorious state of happiness and the most vivid moment of their lives. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II By Sonia Purnell A Homeric tale is how Sonia Purnell describes the life of Virginia Hall. But the warrior they called La Madone had shown them hope, comradeship, courage, and the way to be the best version of themselves, and they had never forgotten. ![]() They had enjoyed nearly forty years of freedom since spending a mere couple of months in Virginia’s presence in 1944. “Four thousand miles away in France, the old boys from the Haute-Loire Resistance wrote to each other to share the devastating news. ![]()
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