"Leesten vairy carefully, I shall say zees only once ..." - Michelle Dubois, leader of the French resistance in Nouvion, was a role model during my years in France. I would often imagine myself crossing enemy lines dressed in a beret and white ankle socks, with a radio transmitter hidden under my raincoat. I suspect my resolve might have weakened in the face of a tall blond blue-eyed German soldier insisting on taking down my particulars, but I like to think I could have saved France.
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