Andrée De Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II. In May 1940, De Jongh moved to Brussels where she became a Red Cross volunteer helping captured Allied troops. She organized safe houses for British soldiers and captured soldiers that escaped, bringing them clothes and fake identification so they would not be identified. In 1941, De Jongh and others organized a group to help Allied soldiers and airmen escape occupied Belgium and return to Britain. This later became known as the Comet Line. They initially called themselves the DDD’s after their last names. One of De Jongh’s co-organizers was arrested after their group was infiltrated by a German collaborator. This didn’t stop De Jongh, and she continued her efforts to get soldiers back to Britain. British authorities later asked for her assistance in exfiltrating allied soldiers and airmen which she did in exchange only for the Comet Line’s expenses to be paid. In her efforts, she successfully brought 118 airmen and soldiers into safety. Her work took great risk, and she was captured by German soldiers in 1943. She was brought to a concentration camp where she was interrogated by the Abwehr and the Gestapo. In her absence, the Comet Line continued to function and helped more than 700 allied soldiers reach safety during the war. De Jongh survived the concentration camps, but became very ill. For her work during the war, she was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom, the British George Medal, the Belgian Croix de Guerre/Oorlogskruis with palm, and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Belgian Army. She also became a Chevalier of the French Lègion d’honneur and the Order of Leopold.