26 Cases of Unrecognized and Under-Recognized People (https://tedponderings.com/under-recognized/)

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Across
  1. 4. Operation that moved 669 children to safety in London.
  2. 6. WINTON Organized the Kindertransports to save children from Prague.
  3. 9. The name Virginia Hall gave to her wooden prosthetic leg.
  4. 11. Connecticut supply depot burned by the British in 1777.
  5. 14. The item found in an attic that revealed Winton’s secret work.
  6. 15. THARPE The "Godmother of Rock and Roll" who influenced Elvis.
  7. 17. HALL One-legged American spy known as the "Madonna of the Resistance."
  8. 18. SG The electric guitar model famously wielded by Sister Rosetta.
  9. 20. The codename used by the first female radio operator in France.
  10. 21. ARSENAULT Leo Major’s best friend killed during the scouting mission.
  11. 22. MILLER Cook Third Class who manned an anti-aircraft gun at Pearl Harbor.
  12. 23. VIRGINIA The battleship where Doris Miller performed his heroic acts.
Down
  1. 1. The final word shouted by Noor before her execution.
  2. 2. PILECKI Polish officer who volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz.
  3. 3. Birthplace of the diplomat who chose humanity over duty.
  4. 5. Concentration camp where Noor Inayat Khan was executed.
  5. 7. SUGIHARA Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of transit visas.
  6. 8. CARRIER The type of massive ship recently named after Doris Miller.
  7. 10. Battle that followed the gathering of the Putnam County militia.
  8. 11. Leo Major earned two of these Conduct Medals.
  9. 12. MAJOR Captured a German vehicle single-handedly on D-Day.
  10. 13. INAYAT KHAN Sufi princess and pacifist who became a British spy.
  11. 14. The name of the yearling colt ridden by Sybil Ludington.
  12. 16. LUDINGTON Sixteen-year-old girl who rode 40 miles to warn the militia.
  13. 17. FOR LIFE The nickname for the documents Sugihara hand-wrote for refugees.
  14. 19. Dutch city liberated by a single Canadian soldier.