Mathilde Verspyck was posthumously accorded two major honors in recognition of her efforts as a freedom fighter during World War II – the : The Medal of Freedom , America 's highest civilian honor , was conferred both for her resistance activities and for the imprisonment and death she suffered in relation to that work . According to the General Orders issued on November 1 , 1946 and March 20 , 1947 by the United States Department of Defense as part of this award : Mademoiselle Verspyck joined an escape organization soon after the capitulation and is considered by the head of the group to have rendered considerable and remarkable service to his evasion line . Not only did she shelter numbers of evaders , but she also carried on considerable convoy activities . She was always a willing and tireless helper , who could be called upon to carry out a difficult and dangerous task at short notice
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Mathilde Verspyck