Four Years Old Tania Will Have Her Mother's George Cross -- Four years old Tania Szabo, daughter of Mrs. Violette Szabo, who will have her mother's George Cross, awarded for heroism shown when in the hands of the Gestapo. Mrs. Szabo, 24 years old English girl widow of a French Foreign Legion officer, turned secret agent when her husband was killed, to "get her own back." On her third mission - parachuting into France six days shead of the invasion armadas - she was surrounded by the Gestapo. She fought with a Sten gun till she dropped exhausted. Nezis tortured her but she refused to give any secrets...then a firing squad shot her. December 18, 1946. (Photo by Mirror Features).

Four Years Old Tania Will Have Her Mother's George Cross -- Four years old Tania Szabo, daughter of Mrs. Violette Szabo, who will have her mother's George Cross, awarded for heroism shown when in the hands of the Gestapo. Mrs. Szabo, 24 years old English girl widow of a French Foreign Legion officer, turned secret agent when her husband was killed, to "get her own back." On her third mission - parachuting into France six days shead of the invasion armadas - she was surrounded by the Gestapo. She fought with a Sten gun till she dropped exhausted. Nezis tortured her but she refused to give any secrets...then a firing squad shot her. December 18, 1946. (Photo by Mirror Features)

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