OSS Lauwers, Barbara J.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lauwers ​

• FORENAME

Barbara J. ​

• UNIT

OSS (Morale Ops Branch - HQ Rome) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

A/1000765 ​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Italy 1944 (Op.Sauerkraut) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Women's Army Corps​

born 22.4.1914 Brno,Bulgaria (Czechoslovakia 1918) (as Bozena Hauserova)​

educated University of Paris​

graduated Masaryk University,Brno​

employed,Bata Shoe Company,Belgian Congo 1938​

to New York 1940​

lawyer and journalist in civilian life​

Czechoslovak Legation (Press Section),Washington,D.C. 1942​

Women's Army Corps 1.6.1943 (Private)​

OSS North Africa and Rome (2677 Regiment) (Italy 1944-45)​

fluent speaker of English,German,Czech,Slovak and French​

postwar​

employed in broadcasting for The Voice of America​

employed,National Academy of Sciences,Washington,D.C.​

research analyst,Library of Congress 1948-68​

retired to Austria 1968-77​

returned to Washington,D.C. 1977​

married Charles Lauwers (American) 1938 (divorced during WW2)​

married Joseph Junosza Podoski 1954 (died 1984)​

mother of one daughter from other relationship​

died 16.8.2009 Washington,D.C. ​

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