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  • Virginia Hall
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  • Virginia Hall Goillot, MBE, DSC (6 April 1906 — 8 July 1982) was an American spy with the Special Operations Executive during World War II and later with the Office of Strategic Services and the Special Activities Division of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was known by many aliases, including "Marie Monin", "Germaine", "Diane", "Marie of Lyon", "Camille", and Nicolas. The Germans gave her the nickname Artemis. The Gestapo reportedly considered her "the most dangerous of all Allied spies".
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serviceyears
  • 1940
Birth Date
  • 1906-04-06
death place
  • Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Service
Other
  • US Department of State
Spouse
  • Paul Goillot
Name
  • Virginia Hall
Operation
Caption
  • Virginia Hall receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945 from OSS chief General Donovan
Alma mater
  • American University
  • Graduate:
  • Undergraduate:
  • Radcliffe College and Barnard College
Birth Place
  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
death date
  • 1982-07-08
Allegiance
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
  • Free France
buried
Death Cause
  • natural
award
Birth name
  • Virginia Hall
Codename
  • Diane
  • Nicolas
  • Camille
  • Germaine
  • Marie Monin
  • Marie of Lyon
Nationality
  • American
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  • Virginia Hall Goillot, MBE, DSC (6 April 1906 — 8 July 1982) was an American spy with the Special Operations Executive during World War II and later with the Office of Strategic Services and the Special Activities Division of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was known by many aliases, including "Marie Monin", "Germaine", "Diane", "Marie of Lyon", "Camille", and Nicolas. The Germans gave her the nickname Artemis. The Gestapo reportedly considered her "the most dangerous of all Allied spies".