Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand and became one of the most decorated women of WWII. As a resistance organizer in France, she helped spirit away 2,600 people — including hundreds of downed Allied airmen — through the Pyrenees to safety in Spain. She once cycled 250 kilometers in 72 hours to deliver intelligence. When the Gestapo caught up to her safe house in 1944, she escaped through the window in her nightgown, cycled 35 kilometers to a rendezvous point, and didn't stop for breakfast. After the war, she was awarded 26 medals, including the George Medal (Britain's highest civilian honor) and the US Medal of Freedom. She married twice. Her first husband, Henri Fiocca, was captured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944. She never publicly discussed how she learned of his death. She died in 2011 at age 93 in London. Her final request: her ashes be scattered at a secret location in the Pyrenees, where she had once crossed with refugees.