Simone Segouin French partisan number 1 circa 1942
by David Lee Guss
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Simone Segouin French partisan number 1 circa 1942
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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"Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet (born October 3, 1925 Thivars, Eure-et-Loir), is a former French resistance fighter who served in the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans group.
She was present at the fall of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and the liberation of Paris. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded the Croix de guerre. A street in Courville-sur-Eure was named for her."
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September 27th, 2016
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