"Through her courage and physical endurance, even though she had previously lost a leg in an accident, Miss Hall, with two American officers, succeeded in organizing, arming and training three FFI [free French forces] battalions. In addition to training resistance fighters, Hall mapped drop zones for materiel and agents, providing crucial communications between London and resistance forces and established safe houses and caches for arms and supplies."
- William J. Donovan, May 12, 1945 (Memorandum for the President from William J. Donovan)
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“I think there is a direct line from Virginia Hall and Gina Haspel.”
- John Bennett, Former Director, National Clandestine Service, CIA, 2018 (The OSS Society)
"deeply indebted [to the women of the OSS and the CIA]"
- Gina Haspel, first female director of the CIA, 2018 (The OSS Society)
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