Citation for Virginia Hall for the Distinguished Service Cross
- 1945
Description
This citation accompanied the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Virginia Hall. Hall was a civilian who worked for the Office of Strategic Services in France from March to September 1944. Despite Gestapo efforts to arrest her, Hall organized, armed, and trained three battalions of French Resistance Forces.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of Strategic Services.
National Archives Identifier: 595152
Full Citation: Citation for Virginia Hall for the Distinguished Service Cross; 1945; Personnel Files of the Office of Strategic Services, 1942–ca. 1962; Records of the Office of Strategic Services, Record Group 226; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/citation-for-virginia-hall-for-the-distinguished-service-cross/, March 30, 2026]
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