Danger was the air she breathed.
This is the story of Virginia Hall and her immense personal courage and determination, and how she broke through barriers of physical limitation and gender discrimination to become America\'s Greatest spy of World War II..
She was one of the first women agents in the CIA and was the only civilian woman of the war to receive the Distinguished Service Cross.
As the Allies\' first agent to live behind the lines in Vichy, France, she organized resistance groups, helped conduct sabotage operations, and reported secret intelligence back to the Allies.
And she was a spy.
She had a wooden leg.
Her real name was Virginia Hall.
To the Nazis, she was an elusive enemy, The Lady Who Limps.
To others, she was a doddering old woman.
Some saw her as a middle-aged newspaper reporter.
Or any of a half dozen other names.
Or Brigitte.
In World War II France, she went by the name of Marie.
Freedom was her heartbeat.
Pain was her companion.
Danger was the air she breathed
