{"id":20465,"date":"2010-09-15T08:38:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20465"},"modified":"2010-09-15T08:38:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:38:56","slug":"british-heroine-dies-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20465","title":{"rendered":"British heroine dies alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eileen Nearne was headed for a pauper’s grave when she died alone at the age of 89 taking the secrets of her young life with her, until her medals and citations were discovered in her apartment, reports the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Historian M.R.D. Foot, who had access to Nearne’s secret account of her activities, said Nearne had entered France in 1944 and was the only British agent with an operating wireless transmitter in the Paris area during the crucial period from March 1944 until she was caught by the Germans in July 1944.<\/p>\n

“She was there during D-Day,” he said. “What she did was extremely important. She was arranging for weapons and explosive drops, and those were used to help cut the Germans’ rail lines.”<\/p>\n

He said Nearne displayed rare bravery and discretion when she refused to talk about clandestine operations even when Gestapo agents stripped her and forced her into a tub filled with frigid water, holding her head under until she nearly drowned. They then interrogated her with the threat that she would be submerged again if she didn’t provide information \u2014 but she didn’t crack.<\/p>\n

“Thank goodness I was spared that,” said Foot, who was also a clandestine operator inside France in 1944. “She maintained she was just a little French shop girl who went into the Resistance for fun.”<\/p>\n

Nearne managed to escape from a forest camp set up near the main Ravensbruck concentration camp, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You should really read the whole article…especially any phonies or their supporters who happen to be reading. This is how courage is done.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Tman for the link. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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