A Purple Heart Mystery The Purple Heart was an unexpected discovery. I was helping my dad sort out some of his things and found it, not with his other service medals or in a box, just dusty and wrinkled with some of his other miscellaneous memorabilia. Imagine! [...]
An Unorthodox War An Unorthodox War is a historical fiction novel about the women who served as spies and radio operators in the Second World War. The book weaves together true events and people as the fictional character, Elly, is recruited and trained for this extremely hazardous [...]
Silent Wings Museum The C-47 rests proudly outside the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas, its nose pointed to the sky and its tail pointing directly toward the museum as if preparing to tow it off the ground as it did gliders a lifetime ago during World War II. Known [...]
Mary Katherine Herbert Mary Katherine Herbert (1903 –1983), code name Claudine was the daughter of Brigadier General Edmund Herbert and typical of the British women recruited into the SOE. Mary had a university degree and spoke six languages including French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Arabic. She worked at the British [...]
Ginette Marie Hélène Jullian Ginette Marie Hélène Jullian (1917- 1962), code name Adele was born in France, lived in Algeria as a child, and was living in France when the war broke out. She attempted to join the Air Transport Auxiliary but ended up in the First Aid Nursing [...]
Marta Haviva Reik Marta Haviva Reik (1914-1944) code names Ada Robinson and Martha Martinovich was one of a handful of Jewish people specifically recruited to work in Eastern Europe. Haviva was born in Slovakia but as a young woman, she emigrated to Mandatory Palestine where she enlisted [...]
Marguerite (Peggy) Diana Frances Knight Smith Marguerite (Peggy) Diana Frances Knight later Smith (1920 – 2004) code name Nicole, was born in France to an English father and Polish mother. She was working in England during the war when she came to the attention of the SOE. The SOE rushed [...]