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spies like virginia hall, shown here receiving the intelligence cross at a secret white house ceremony from the first head of the oss. her amp anticipated leg cost her a -- amputated leg cost her a job at the state department, so she volunteered to run an ambulance in prance, becoming the first para-military officer the cia hired in 1947. >> she lasted in france behind enemy lines running assets and agents. she was getting downed pilots out of the country and back into the u.k. she got people out of prison who were very important to the resistance without a single shot being fired. >> reporter: for jenelle, her favorite piece mt. exhibit are these boots worn by an actual cia officer, dave, the teammate of medal of honor recipient mike span, the first u.s. casualty on the ground in afghanistan killed during a prison riot. >> while getting to mike, he completely ran out of