Jeannette Guyot (26 February 1919 – 10 April 2016) was a French Resistance operative who went on to become one of the Second World War's most decorated women.
Guyot undertook numerous dangerous missions in Occupied France moving fugitives, collecting military intelligence, and assisting Allied agents.
The recipient of honors from France and the United Kingdom, Guyot is one of only two women to hold the American Distinguished Service Cross obtained during the war.
In August 1941, Guyot became a liaison officer for Gilbert Renault, compiling intelligence about German Occupation forces and the Vichy Government.
[1][6] 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.
[3] By 1 October 1944, Guyot had returned to the United Kingdom, where she was assigned to the Direction Generate des Etudes et Recherches of the Free French Forces.