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A treasonous radio personality despised by US forces.

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With German forces approaching, Russia turned to a new source of manpower.

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Mary Roberts, Elaine Roe, Virginia Rourke, and Ellen Ainsworth continued to save lives even as mortar shells rained down around them.

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Susan Roley Malone had cherished the ideal of working for the Bureau long before a career as an FBI agent was open to women.