“Once, with hand-grenades in my shopping bag, I travelled in a train so full that I had to stand against a German NCO.”

#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1943, Francine Agazarian arrives in Nazi-occupied France to be a courier in the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French Resistance.

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@CarveHerName Fortunately, she survived the war, though her husband did not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Agazarian
Francine Agazarian - Wikipedia

@CarveHerName I always stand amazed at the courage of these women.