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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8603098, member: 16283"]I found our 'Mystery Fighter',the photos by Robert Capa.She seems to have been the 'real deal'-</p><p> '</p><p><b>Simone Segouin</b>(French 3 October 1925 – 21 February 2023), also known by her<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" rel="nofollow"> nom de guerre</a></i><b>Nicole Minet</b> was a<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance" rel="nofollow">French Resistance</a> fighter who served in the<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans" rel="nofollow"> Francs-tireurs et partisans </a></i>group during<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"> World War II</a>. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German patrol, which she then used to help carry messages. She went on to take part in large-scale or otherwise dangerous missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and acts of sabotage.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Early life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit&section=1" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>Segouin was born on 3 October 1925 in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thivars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thivars" rel="nofollow"> Thivars</a>, a French village near<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres" rel="nofollow"> Chartres</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>She grew up alongside three brothers. Her father had been a decorated soldier during<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" rel="nofollow"> World War I</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" rel="nofollow">[4] </a>She attended school until the age of 14, at which point she began to work on the family farm.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>The Resistance[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit&section=2" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>In an interview with<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Belden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Belden" rel="nofollow"> Jack Belden</a>, published in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)" rel="nofollow"><i> Life </i>Magazine</a>in 1944 under the headline "The Girl Partisan of Chartres", Segouin and "Lieutenant Roland" explained that Segouin's involvement with the Resistance arose after the two met when she was 17. The lieutenant instructed her in the use of a<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine_gun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine_gun" rel="nofollow"> submachine gun</a> and introduced Segouin to other group members.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>In order to join the<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans" rel="nofollow"> Francs-Tireurs et Partisans</a></i>– communist resistance forces – Segouin obtained false identity papers, which established her as Nicole Minet.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a>These papers identified her as being from the port of<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk" rel="nofollow"> Dunkirk</a>, which had been bombed early in the war, making it difficult for Germans to verify their authenticity.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:3-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:3-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Segouin began by acting as a messenger and carrying out other small jobs, and later became more actively involved after participating in a successful "train-exploding expedition".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>Lieutenant Roland was Roland Boursier, with whom Segouin went on to have six children.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a>The couple never married, and all of the children bore Segouin's name.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on 23 August 1944 and the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" rel="nofollow"> liberation of Paris </a>two days later.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>Of her role in the Resistance, she said:</p><p><br /></p><p>I was fighting for the resistance, that's all. If I had to start over, I would, because I have no regrets. The Germans were our enemies, we were French.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Segouin gained international fame when photographs of her by American photographer<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa" rel="nofollow"> Robert Capa </a>were published in <i>Life</i>weeks after the capture of 25 German soldiers in which she took part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8603098, member: 16283"]I found our 'Mystery Fighter',the photos by Robert Capa.She seems to have been the 'real deal'- ' [B]Simone Segouin[/B](French 3 October 1925 – 21 February 2023), also known by her[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_de_guerre'] nom de guerre[/URL][/I][B]Nicole Minet[/B] was a[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance']French Resistance[/URL] fighter who served in the[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans'] Francs-tireurs et partisans [/URL][/I]group during[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II'] World War II[/URL]. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German patrol, which she then used to help carry messages. She went on to take part in large-scale or otherwise dangerous missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and acts of sabotage.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Early life[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Segouin was born on 3 October 1925 in[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thivars'] Thivars[/URL], a French village near[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres'] Chartres[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-3'][3][/URL]She grew up alongside three brothers. Her father had been a decorated soldier during[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I'] World War I[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4'][4] [/URL]She attended school until the age of 14, at which point she began to work on the family farm.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5'][5][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]The Resistance[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Segouin&action=edit§ion=2']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] In an interview with[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Belden'] Jack Belden[/URL], published in[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)'][I] Life [/I]Magazine[/URL]in 1944 under the headline "The Girl Partisan of Chartres", Segouin and "Lieutenant Roland" explained that Segouin's involvement with the Resistance arose after the two met when she was 17. The lieutenant instructed her in the use of a[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine_gun'] submachine gun[/URL] and introduced Segouin to other group members.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5'][5][/URL]In order to join the[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francs-Tireurs_et_Partisans'] Francs-Tireurs et Partisans[/URL][/I]– communist resistance forces – Segouin obtained false identity papers, which established her as Nicole Minet.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6'][6][/URL]These papers identified her as being from the port of[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk'] Dunkirk[/URL], which had been bombed early in the war, making it difficult for Germans to verify their authenticity.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:3-7'][7][/URL] Segouin began by acting as a messenger and carrying out other small jobs, and later became more actively involved after participating in a successful "train-exploding expedition".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5'][5][/URL]Lieutenant Roland was Roland Boursier, with whom Segouin went on to have six children.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4'][4][/URL]The couple never married, and all of the children bore Segouin's name.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:2-6'][6][/URL] Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on 23 August 1944 and the[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris'] liberation of Paris [/URL]two days later.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:1-5'][5][/URL]Of her role in the Resistance, she said: I was fighting for the resistance, that's all. If I had to start over, I would, because I have no regrets. The Germans were our enemies, we were French.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Segouin#cite_note-:0-4'][4][/URL] Segouin gained international fame when photographs of her by American photographer[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa'] Robert Capa [/URL]were published in [I]Life[/I]weeks after the capture of 25 German soldiers in which she took part.[/QUOTE]
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