Jim Roome: Resistance and grit, in the service of others - Arvada Press

Jim Roome: Resistance and grit, in the service of others - Arvada Press

Jim Roome, Words of EncouragementI want to take a moment to tell you about a hero few know.Virginia Hall was born into a well-to-do family in 1909. She desperately wanted to be a part of the Foreign Service, so she left the comfort of her Baltimore home to study in Europe. Eventually, in the early 1930s she took a clerical job in the U.S. Embassy in Poland. After relocating to a similar role in Turkey, Hall lost her left leg below the knee in a …