Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-
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Born Florence Ebersole; daughter of a Filipina and an American soldier from Buffalo, N.Y.; enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) during World War II after first escaping imprisonment by the Japanese; she was captured (Oct. 1944), in the Philippines, after serving with the Filipino resistance and assisting U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war; she was liberated by Allied forces during the invasion of the Philippines and after returning to the U.S., she joined the SPARS; she was the first woman to receive the Pacific Theatre Campaign ribbon and was also presented with the U.S. Medal of Freedom; she first married Charles "Smitty" Smith (U.S. Navy PT boat crewman; killed in action at Corregidor); second marriage to Robert Finch; resident of Ithaca, N.Y.
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Espionage
Filipino American women
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Medal of Freedom
Women spies
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Mandaluyong (Philippines)
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Japan
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Philippines
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Ithaca (N.Y.)
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