1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Michael Borrel, Task Force Kout Men commander, helps a Gel Petil, a charcoal maker in Madrin, Haiti stack wood which will be smoked into charcoal for ...

Andrée Borrel was the first female SOE agent to parachute into France during World War II, but her jumping partner, 37-year-old Lise de Baissac, was right behind her.