Hélène Deschamps Adams

Hélène Marguerite Deschamps Adams (30 January 1921 in the French concession in Tianjin, China – 16 September 2006 in Manhattan) was a member of the OSS, a forerunner of the CIA.

Early life

She "was raised in Senegal, Madagascar and Réunion, an island department of France in the Indian Ocean." Her family "returned to France when her father, a general, retired in Aix-en-Provence, in the south of France."

Time as spy during World War II Following the German occupation of France in 1940, Deschamps fought for the French resistance under the code name "Anick".

She sustained serious injuries for her efforts, including to her back from a beating by an interrogator and partial deafness when a bomb exploded.

Personal life She married American first lieutenant, Forest E. Adams, and moved to the United States of America in 1946. She had a daughter with Adams named Karyn Anick Monget.

In popular culture The video game character Manon Batiste is based on Deschamps Adams, who also served as a consultant for the game Medal of Honor.

Major publications The Secret War of Helene de Champlain (1980), Spyglass: The Autobiography of Helene Deschamps Adams (1995),