Search results 1 - 4 of 4 for the tag Heroism
“Perseverance and ingenuity”
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...
Requesting a month’s rest
In this letter dated November 9, 1863, Massachusetts Governor John Andrew asked Secretary of War Edwin Stanton for a 30-day furlough for Sergeant William H. Carney so...
Testimony to bravery
In this affidavit, filed on January 15, 1900, Lewis H. Douglass supported the Medal of Honor application for former Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts...
Virginia Hall or Diane Heckler?
This is a 1944 sketch of Distinguished Service Cross recipient Virginia Hall. In 1944, Hall was undercover in German-occupied France, sometimes going by the field...
Search results 1 - 4 of 4 for the tag Heroism