Stephanie, daughter of Polish immigrants, grew up immersed in Polish language & culture in an immigrant neighborhood in Poughkeepsie.
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Stephanie was surprised by a teacher who arranged a scholarship to
@Cornell. She was 1st person in her family to graduate college.#OSS75pic.twitter.com/BmNtzOLLuE
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#WWII: Stephanie joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She was one of the first 80 trainees accepted out of 1000s who applied.#OSS75pic.twitter.com/Hd3FFa5Xo2
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Stephanie was also one of first 440 picked for Officer Candidate School at Fort Des Moines. She was quickly promoted to Captain.
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It was an extremely dangerous time to operate in Poland. Pro-Soviet factions watched all foreigners, including embassy personnel.
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Stephanie posed as a US embassy clerk in Warsaw who spent her spare time traveling in Poland to reconnect w distant family members.
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During her “searches” Stephanie collected intel on: -Economic & political data -Russian troop movement -Security services activities
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Beyond her intel gathering duties, Stephanie was also a courier tasked w transporting classified documents between Berlin & Warsaw.
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1946: Stephanie was carrying top secret docs into Poland when she saw Russian security services waiting at border checkpoint for her.
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As she approached on foot, she deftly slipped docs to a less-suspicious traveler & gave them an address in Warsaw to take docs to.
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Stephanie was picked up & questioned, but having no proof, they had to let her go. However, she fell under increasing surveillance.
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Soon after, her cover was compromised by a superior, yet Stephanie insisted on staying to finish her mission despite extreme danger.
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Stephanie returned to US & was nominated by superiors for Legion of Merit & a Bronze Star. Both were denied, w no rationale provided.
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Stephanie married famed
#WWII military aviator Brig Gen William Rader. 1951: She earned a Master’s degree in Chemistry@GWtweets.#OSS75pic.twitter.com/3YbjoXT9tn
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Stephanie died in 2016. She was 100. At funeral
@ArlingtonNatl, the@USArmy awarded her the Legion of Merit. http://bit.ly/2tp97BE#OSS75pic.twitter.com/cht2F807Pb
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your bio says you know more THAN us but you obviously dont know the difference between than and then lol
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atleast ik the difference between then and than
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