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Agnès-Marie Valois: The Angel of Dieppe

by Linda Harris Sittig Dieppe? Never heard of it? I’m not surprised. Yet, for the Allied forces, it was one of World War II’s worst military disasters. DIEPPE, FRANCE On August 19, 1942, an Allied landing force of over 6,000 … Continue reading

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Isabelle Romee by Linda Harris Sittig

Isabelle Romée was born in the small village of Vouthon-Bas in eastern France where in late summer bright yellow fields of grain ripen under a sky of azure blue. Born around 1385, she became the wife of Jacques Darc, giving him … Continue reading

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