Skansen is the world’s first open air museum, a vision of what Sweden was like in centuries past. My mother wrote on the back of a photo that it was at Skansen that our father proposed to her in 1944, right at the height...
For as along as our family can remember, Hedy would talk about the time she lived in Washington DC, in an apartment at the “Slaughter Guest House.” She was friends with “Lee Bean,” and we remember her referring to him as “LL Bean, Jr.”...
In September of 1940, Hitler began heavy bombing of London and other cities in Great Britain. In the beginning, there were bombings every day and every night. Countless homes and buildings were destroyed, and many civilians were killed. The "Blitz" lasted until May of 1941....
Before leaving Washington DC, the OSS office gave Hedy "A Short Guide to Grosvenor Square. " At Grosvenor Square, located in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, was the headquarters for the American Embassy. ...
On January 1, 1944, Hedy boarded the Aquitania, a massive British ocean liner which had been converted to a troop ship. Just imagine what an adventure this had to have been for this 22-year-old from Hibbing, Minnesota. ...
Hedy served as secretary for the American Legion post in Columbia, SC for many years. In addition, she was active in the American Legion Auxiliary. She and her lady friends would sell poppies in order to raise money for veteran causes....
Hedy had three roommates in Washington D.C. I have talked with all three of them in the past few months. Thelma Kane now lives in Washington State, and she has shared many stories with me....
(2004) Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of World War II's OSS, by Patrick K. O'Donnell ...