We salute this WW2 hero...
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Pearl Cornioley, who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France to work as a courier between the British and the French resistance and rose to command 3,000 underground fighters, died on Feb. 24 in the Loire Valley of France. She was 93. Ms. Cornioley was an operative of the Special Operations Executive, which the British formed to support and coordinate resistance in the occupied countries of Europe. Cornioley, who was 29 when went to France in 1943, commanded troops who killed 1,000 German soldiers and wounded many more — while suffering only a tiny number of casualties themselves. She presided over the surrender of 18,000 German troops." Everything in quotes here is by Douglas Martin - in the Europe Section of the 3/11/08 The New York Times - please go there by clicking on this link to the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/europe/11cornioley.html?ref=obituaries
"Pearl Cornioley, who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France to work as a courier between the British and the French resistance and rose to command 3,000 underground fighters, died on Feb. 24 in the Loire Valley of France. She was 93. Ms. Cornioley was an operative of the Special Operations Executive, which the British formed to support and coordinate resistance in the occupied countries of Europe. Cornioley, who was 29 when went to France in 1943, commanded troops who killed 1,000 German soldiers and wounded many more — while suffering only a tiny number of casualties themselves. She presided over the surrender of 18,000 German troops." Everything in quotes here is by Douglas Martin - in the Europe Section of the 3/11/08 The New York Times - please go there by clicking on this link to the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/europe/11cornioley.html?ref=obituaries