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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017

      Maria Gulovich was just 23 when she led #OSS & British officers through a blizzard & out of German clutches. http://bit.ly/2tcjWpN  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/1phB0kfrJC

      25 replies 280 retweets 783 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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      1921: Maria born in Slovakia 1939: attended school for teachers when Slovakia fell to Germans Early 40s: taught in Jarabina & Hriňová #OSS75

      17 replies 37 retweets 109 likes
    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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      1944: Jewish friend, Julius Goldberger, begged Maria to hide his relatives Knowing she could be imprisoned or worse, she still agreed #OSS75

      6 replies 38 retweets 118 likes
    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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      Slovakian authorities quickly suspected Maria. But, Slovak Army captain who questioned her was part of anti-fascist resistance. #OSS75

      4 replies 30 retweets 89 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017

      The Army captain offered to hide the Jewish woman & son if Maria would join the resistance. Maria agreed & became a courier. #OSS75

      5:59 PM - 26 Jun 2017
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          Fluent in 5 languages—Russian, Slovak, Hungarian, German & English—Maria started translating messages for Russian military intel. #OSS75

          8 replies 38 retweets 122 likes
        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          October 1944: Russians & American #OSS officers fled to the mountains to escape Germans who were crushing the Slovak uprising. #OSS75

          3 replies 30 retweets 98 likes
        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          #OSS officers asked Maria to join as a guide & interpreter. As she wasn’t comfortable working for the Russians, she said yes to OSS. #OSS75

          5 replies 29 retweets 91 likes
        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          Maria’s work for #OSS included scouting for food & intel, & scoping out surroundings by posing as peasant girl to talk to villagers. #OSS75

          3 replies 24 retweets 81 likes
        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          NOV 1944: Maria’s group hiked through a blizzard to a mountain hunting lodge & met up with other British & American team members. #OSS75

          3 replies 25 retweets 74 likes
        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          DEC 26, 1944: Maria, 2 #OSS officers & 2 British airmen went on recon mission. Germans attacked the lodge & burned it to the ground. #OSS75

          6 replies 27 retweets 62 likes
        8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          Maria & the 4 others escaped into the mountains & headed toward Romania. After 9 weeks of hiking in winter cold they reached safety. #OSS75

          5 replies 28 retweets 77 likes
        9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          #OSS officer who escaped w Maria: “…I am & will be grateful forever to her... no doubt that I owe her my safety & perhaps my life.” #OSS75

          10 replies 31 retweets 78 likes
        10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          After #WWII Maria met Allen Dulles who told Donovan of her exploits Donovan arranged for her to migrate to US & a @Vassar scholarship #OSS75pic.twitter.com/rkZvGJNPIV

          10 replies 38 retweets 118 likes
        11. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          1946: Donovan awarded Maria a Bronze Star She was 1st woman to receive medal on Plain of @WestPoint_USMA in front of Corps of Cadets #OSS75pic.twitter.com/veVhjV7Ol7

          8 replies 43 retweets 139 likes
        12. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          1952: Maria became a US citizen, settled in California & developed an excellent reputation as real estate agent in Ventura County. #OSS75

          12 replies 43 retweets 169 likes
        13. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 26 Jun 2017
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          Maria Gulovich: "All I knew is I wanted to help those guys in any way I could, I believe in freedom." http://bit.ly/2tcjWpN  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/uJA5a8lscb

          29 replies 67 retweets 260 likes
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        1. Vickie Rubinson‏ @RubinsonVickie 2 Aug 2017
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          I was the first and only Jewish girl at my Catholic school in 1970s Valley. Got an "A" in Christianity but kicked out of Hebrew school!!

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