HOLLYWOOD & THE STARS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
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Josephine Baker

Josephine served France during World War II in several ways. She performed for the troops, and was an honorable correspondent for the French Resistance (undercover work included smuggling secret messages written on her music sheets) and a sub-lieutenant in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She was later awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette and named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government for hard work and dedication.

She was born Amy Elizabeth Thorpe on November 22, 1910, in Minneapolis. Family and friends called her Betty. William Stephenson, who ran Great Britain's World War II intelligence activities in the Western Hemisphere, would one day give her a code name--"Cynthia." She reputedly was one of the most successful spies in history.  "Code Name Cynthia" - Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, later Betty Pack, and one of the most intriguing spies of WWII. Her adventures include an illegal break-in of the Vichy French embassy in Washington to steal French naval code books from a safe in a locked and guarded room. The most accurate version of her life and service can be found in "Sisterhood of Spies".

Jacques Cousteau

The Aqualung was used right after WWII. Divers located and removed enemy mines underwater with it.

Betty Davis

Hollywood Canteen