Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944

Caption     Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   111-SC-193559
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Liberation of Paris   Main article  Photos  Maps  
The French Resistance   Main article  Photos  
Simone Segouin   Main article  Photos  
MP 40   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,440 x 1,425 pixels
Photos on Same Day 23 Aug 1944
Photos at Same Place Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
2 May 2016 09:38:06 PM

A MUCH OLDER LOOKING 18 YEAR OLD:

Photo taken of Simone Seqouin by Robert Capa and published in Life Magazine. She was a farm girl when war broke out. In 1943 she joined the
"Free Shooters" named after a group of saboteurs who fought the Germans during the France-Prussian War.

IN THE ACTION: IS PARIS BURNING?

She served as a liaison and messenger, and later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant awarded the Croix de Guerre, she also captured (25) Germans. Photo shows her armed with the German MP40, 9mm Sub-Machine Gun w/32 round stick magazine. One can almost hear La Marseillaise...

Book and Movie of Interest:

Is Paris Burning?
By Dominique Lapierre
Published by Warner Books 1991
ISBN-13: 978-0-446-39225-9
ISBN-10: 0-446-39225-1

Movie of Interest:

Is Paris Burning? (1966) Black & White available
on DVD with an all Star International Cast
2. Anonymous says:
27 Oct 2022 11:47:11 AM

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