Stephanie, daughter of Polish immigrants, grew up immersed in Polish language & culture in an immigrant neighborhood in Poughkeepsie.
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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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Mathew Williams in UK working for UK GOVERNMENT under another name.
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And then what happened pa-pa?
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Wow, I was on the edge my seat.
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