Groundbreaking WWII-era spy finally gets posthumous honors

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — For nearly six decades, she was the wife of a famed military aviator. Nobody knew she was a hero in her own right, a spy who reported on Soviet troop movements from behind what came to be called the Iron Curtain.

Now Stephanie Czech Rader is finally being recognized for her work.

Rader received the Legion of Merit on Wednesday. It was awarded posthumously, during funeral services with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. She died in January at the age of 100, a longtime resident of Alexandria and native of Poughkeepsie, New York.

Rader worked for the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA.

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In this 1940's photo provided by the OSS Society, U.S. Army Capt. Stephanie Rader poses for a photograph. Rader was recommended for the Legion of Merit in 1946 for her intelligence on Soviet troop movements in Poland, but her nomination was not acted upon for seven decades. Rader, who was a groundbreaking spy for America in post-World War II Poland is being laid to rest Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery. (OSS Society via AP)

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[Shemp Howard]

1. It's a shame it took 70 years. nm

[pansypoo53219]

3. AND after she died.

[Dustlawyer]

2. Loads and loads of courage!