Roderick Stephen Hall survived 6 difficult months during #WWII in the Alps sabotaging Nazi supply routes.
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August 1944: Steve & his team dropped into foothills of Italian Alps & spent next 6 months blowing up communications & supply routes.
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January 1945: Steve got caught in a blinding snowstorm while he was on his way to blow up hydroelectric plant in Cortina.
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Steve was found with both feet so frozen & swollen he could not complete his mission nor escape.
He was turned over to S.S. officers.
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As Steve was in uniform, his murder was in violation of the Geneva Convention.
1946: 4 Nazis were tried & convicted of his murder.
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Steve wrote detailed letters to superiors telling of ops & his plans, & wrote thoughtful & funny letters home
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Steve was posthumously awarded Legion of Merit & his name resides in #OSS Book of Honor @ CIA Headquarters.
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