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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’ll tell the stories of a few Agency women who made CIA history & paved the way for women here today. Virginia Hall had a gift for languages, a sense of adventure, & wanted to join the Foreign Service. http://1.usa.gov/1L2wUHw pic.twitter.com/RoO7NlGmF7

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    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      After attending @RPCSTweets, @BarnardCollege & pursuing additional studies in Europe, Virginia became a clerk at @USEmbassyWarsaw. While in Turkey, Virginia was involved in a serious hunting accident & lost her left leg below the knee.pic.twitter.com/dFTSY0dCHn

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    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      Virginia’s hollow wooden leg & aluminum foot were attached by leather belts wrapped around her waist. It weighed more than 7 pounds. Virginia couldn’t take Foreign Service exam due to strict rules against employees w disabilities joining diplomatic corps at the time.

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    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      Furious, Virginia left @StateDept & went to Paris to drive ambulances. 1940: She moved to London & became a code clerk w US War Dept. Virginia’s knowledge of the French countryside, fluency in French & German, & moxie caught the attention of the British.pic.twitter.com/pqGu8Wkht2

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    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      PM Winston Churchill had just established Special Operations Executive (SOE) to support underground resistance & conduct sabotage ops. 1941: Virginia, the first female SOE operative in France, used forged documents & false names as she worked undercover in Lyon for 14 months.pic.twitter.com/C3fGqHDKXN

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      CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

      Virginia’s mission, Geologist-5, provided SOE w info on Vichy France: political & economic conditions, & amount of popular will to resist. Beyond her charter, Virginia proved adept at recruiting spies. She created a network of 90 agents, code-named Heckler.pic.twitter.com/1mb9kKX0ZZ

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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          Virginia became an expert in: -organizing resistance -providing weapons & supplies -helping downed airmen -& her specialty… jailbreakspic.twitter.com/NQZkXMrYar

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        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          NOV 1942: Germans flooded France w troops after defeat in N Africa. Virginia & 3 others escaped by hiking across Pyrenees Mountains into Spain. A Climb to Freedom: A Personal Journey in the Footsteps of Virginia Hall: http://bit.ly/2s3tEHs pic.twitter.com/3cIqBWC4Z1

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        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          Over complex terrain, Virginia hiked as much as 50 miles through snow-covered mountains over 7,500’ in altitude w her prosthetic leg. Virginia was determined to return to France. SOE refused, as she was too well-known to the Gestapo. She was sent back to London.pic.twitter.com/8fqWywe8wO

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        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          1944: Virginia joined #OSS & was sent back into France. Unable to parachute in because of her artificial leg, she arrived by British torpedo boat. To avoid detection, Virginia dyed her hair grey & disguised herself as a milkmaid with a shuffling gait to hide her limp.pic.twitter.com/jv4nv3Dfk2

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        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          By staying on the move, camping in barns & attics, Virginia was able to avoid Germans who were desperately tracking her radio signals. Virginia organized 1000s of French Maquis, blew up bridges, & conducted other sabotage operations to support Allies’ D-Day invasion.pic.twitter.com/eJPv3sNF1n

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        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          For her courage & ingenuity, Virginia was the only civilian woman during #WWII to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.pic.twitter.com/YoX1Q2Aupf

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        8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Mar 28

          At CIA, Virginia used her covert action expertise in a range of activities & in support of resistance groups in Iron Curtain countries. Virginia was one of a few relatively senior women in ops until her mandatory retirement in 1966 at age 60. http://1.usa.gov/1L2wUHw pic.twitter.com/8a2POKhhdc

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