Photo courtesy of Life In Legacy
Posted on 09/25/2006 6:04:21 PM PDT by csvset
Helene Deschamps Adams, a hero of the French Resistance who saved American fliers from capture and Jews from execution by the Nazis, and played a role in secret preparations for Allied invasions of France, died in Manhattan Saturday of heart failure.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
Photo courtesy of Life In Legacy
A genuine heroine. Thanks for posting this.
nice catch, thanx
God bless her...
Dire situations always lead to the oddest coalitions.
Rest in peace.
Always in danger of being exposed, the diminutive auburn-haired Deschamps, just over 5 feet tall, suffered a permanent back injury when beaten by a French interrogator. Another time, faced with the choice of being blown up or having her cover blown, she walked into a building where she knew a bomb had been planted. She barely escaped, bleeding and partially deafened, when it exploded.And then there's this gem...
In 1953, living in Los Angeles, she made local headlines when a man responding to her ad to sell her sports car turned out to be one of the downed fliers she had rescued a decade earlier. Days later, he attended her swearing-in as an American citizen.
A true hero. My tagline sure doesn't apply to her.
Whoa, a total babe too.
Rest in Peace, brave one.
This cannot be true. According to a countless number of keen and scholarly Freepers any French person that has ever lived is a feckless coward.
May she rest in peace.
Aux armes, citoyens !
Formez vos bataillons !
Marchons ! Marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
You'll note she became a US citizen. Just saying... ;)
...as did Lafayette, albeit posthumously and honorary rather than actually.
Hero of the French resistance? You know... "Adams" is not a French name.
I'd guess that her maiden name , Deschamps, is French.
"I'd guess that her maiden name , Deschamps, is French."
Yes. There's a bio here.
http://www.nj.com/deaths/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-24/115872767384860.xml&coll=1
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