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Join us for todays journey into the not so distant past and meet two heroes from WW2. You'll learn about Phyllis Latour Doyle and her work as a spy for the British Secret Service and a Navy Messman named Charles Jackson French who only received a commendation for saving the lives of 24 wounded sailors.

Sources:

• https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=25020
• https://cryptologicfoundation.org/what-we-do/stimulate/women-in-cryptology.html/title/-phyllis-latour-doyle-the-forgotten-spy-whose-knitting-helped-pave-the-way-for-d-day
• https://medium.com/@srinath.shreya/secrets-in-silk-e90b2a763f09
• https://ishof.org/assets/charles-jackson-french_article.pdf
• https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/black-swimming-history-a-world-war-ii-hero/
• https://www.washingtoninformer.com/remembering-a-forgotten-world-war-ii-hero/

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