Spies: Josefina Guerrero

Josefina Guerrero (1917-1996) was a Filipina woman who suffered from Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) and used the Japanese soldiers’ fear of her condition to move around Japanese-occupied Manila without suspicion, as she collected important war information, secret messages, ammunition, and supplies to pass back to the Resistance and Allied forces. She was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of American soldiers.