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Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (died 2011)

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Nancy Wake

Courier and SOE operative (1912–2011)

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a postwar career as an intelligence…
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August 30

Day of the year

August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 123 days remain until the end of the year.
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