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Intrepid Woman: Betty Lussier s Secret War, 1942-1945
Author(s): Betty Lussier (Author)
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication Date: 31 Oct. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1591144493
- ISBN-13: 9781591144496
Book Description
One American woman s exhilarating experiences in war torn EuropeA teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion. Armed with a private pilot s license, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was soon ferrying planes and pilots for the RAF. Her memoir describes those days in thrilling detail. After the Normandy invasion, when women pilots were barred from delivering planes to the combat zones on the continent, she joined a counterintelligence branch of the Office of Strategic Services. Her experiences with a special liaison unit in Algeria, Sicily, Italy, and France helping to set up a chain of double agents and transmit misinformation to the enemy are described for the first time as she takes the reader step-by-step through some memorable cases that helped bring the war to an end.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“She fought to fly. Then she fought to fight. Betty Loussier had a remarkable life and she wrote exceptionally well. Her writing style is something to be admired as it is clear and flowing—descriptive and evocative—yet easy to take in… like listening to an old friend.” —SeattlePi
About the Author
Betty Lussier learned to fly in a civilian pilot training program at the University of Maryland. After the war, she set up incomegenerating projects for women in Africa and elsewhere. She lives in Pacific Palisades, CA.
