5 , ▁pp . ▁ 7 0 - 7 4 .</ ref > ▁ ▁B ok ara ▁was ▁also ▁married ▁twice , ▁to ▁Richard ▁Mack , ▁a ▁film ▁mak er , ▁and ▁Arthur ▁P atter son , ▁a ▁vent ure ▁capital ist . ▁Both ▁of ▁her ▁mar ri ages ▁ended ▁in ▁divor ce ▁also . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁II / O SS ▁Service ▁ ▁When ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁began , ▁both ▁Sid ney ▁and ▁Ger tr ude ▁Leg endre ▁served ▁their ▁country . ▁Sid ney ▁joined ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁and ▁was ▁station ed ▁in ▁Hawai i . ▁Ger tr ude ▁worked ▁in ▁Washington ▁and ▁later ▁London ▁for ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Str ateg ic ▁Services ▁( O SS ). ▁She ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁sp y , ▁but ▁a ▁cl erk ▁man aging ▁the ▁cable ▁des k . ▁In ▁London ▁she ▁served ▁under ▁David ▁K . E . ▁Bruce ▁and ▁often ▁ent ert ained ▁the ▁top ▁br ass ▁at ▁her ▁town house , ▁despite ▁the ▁danger ▁of ▁German ▁bu zz - b omb s . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁the ▁ag ency ▁transferred ▁her ▁to ▁Paris , ▁giving ▁her ▁a ▁W AC ▁uniform ▁and ▁paper work ▁ident ifying ▁her ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁lieutenant . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁woman ▁in ▁uniform ▁captured ▁in ▁Germany ▁when , ▁on ▁an ▁una ut hor ized ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁front ▁near ▁Luxemb ourg , ▁she ▁found ▁herself ▁p inned ▁down ▁by