Jeannette Guyot was a French Resistance operative who went on to become one of the Second World War's most decorated women.
13 Facts About Jeannette Guyot
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The recipient of honors from France and the United Kingdom, Jeannette Guyot is one of only two women to hold the American Distinguished Service Cross obtained during the war.
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Jeannette Guyot participated in the Pathfinder Mission of Operation Sussex.
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Jeannette Guyot was born on 26 February 1919, in Chalon-sur-Saone.
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Jeannette Guyot's father, Jean Marie Guyot, was a timber merchant and mother, Jeanne Guyot, a seamstress.
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In 1940, Jeannette Guyot became involved with the Amarante resistance network in Occupied France.
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Jeannette Guyot escorted fugitives from the Germans to the River Saone, where they would be ferried across to relative safety in Vichy France.
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In February 1942, while escorting a group of fugitives through Occupied France, Jeannette Guyot was arrested by the Germans.
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Jeannette Guyot spent three months in prisons in Chalon-sur-Saone and Autun, then was released.
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In early 1943, Jeannette Guyot's parents were arrested separately for resistance activities.
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Jeannette Guyot chose the Cafe du Reseau as one safe house because the owner, Andree Goubillon, was a friend whose husband had been imprisoned by the Germans.
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Jeannette Guyot undertook many dangerous trips throughout the region, helping agents and reporting on Gestapo activities.
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On 29 March 1947, Jeannette Guyot married Marcel Gaucher, a former Operation Sussex agent.