Featured Artifact: Suitcase Radio

A radio disguised in a suitcase, clandestine parachute drops and a one-legged female spy sound like the basic elements for a blockbuster WWII espionage film or bestselling suspense novel. But the story of the suitcase radio and spy Virginia Hall is all part of the true story of wartime top-secret communications.

Find out more about the Museum’s suitcase radio, which would have been used by British agents of the Special Operations Executive, and the heroic actions of Virginia Hall.

Posted by interactive content and community manager Kacey Hill

Posted : Friday, July 15th, 2011 @ 11:24 am
Post Category :
- Featured Artifacts
Tags : Tags: Espionage, OSS, Women
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