The Girl in the Green Hat by DALLAS LAWRY

Tiny Mulder

dallaslawry — 2025-05-14 14:25:40 UTC

After the war, Tiny Mulder became a writer ("Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland")

Drachten, a Town in the Netherlands

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A photo taken of modern Drachten ("Drachten").

The Crew of 'Sack Time Sally'

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Out of the entire plane's crew, only four survived the crash ("42-40749").

An Amercan Bomber Similar to the Model of the 'Sack Time Sally'

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This Bomber is a B-26, while the 'Sack Time Sally' was a B-24 ("Impact").

The 'Sack Time Sally'

dallaslawry — 2025-05-14 19:46:41 UTC

A story from one of the plane crews she helped is recorded in the American Air Museum in Britain. In January 1943, the crew of the american B-24D bomber, number 42-40749 (aka the 'Sack Time Sally), departed from Biggs field in Texas with the 389th Bomb Group. After serving almost the whole year in Benghazi, North Africa, they were shot down by German ME-109s over Opeinde, Netherlands in December of 1943. Of the ten man crew, only four of them survived the bail out. Two were captured almost instantly by German forces, Pilot Roy Braly and Gunner John Filenger. Navigator James McGahee managed to escape and found his way to the Dutch resistance. However, the last man, Bombardier Merlin Verberg, was picked up by a nineteen year old girl named Tiny Mulder. She helped and hid him until they were able to get him some new clothes and a fake ID. The two were able to walk past German guards, hand in hand, completely unnoticed ("42-40749").

After Occupation

dallaslawry — 2025-05-15 14:11:20 UTC

Tiny Mulder's first job in the underground resistance was a courier. She would bring messages and maps to Rotterdam and Amsterdam for the Ally spies in the region. During her missions she wore a green hat to identify herself as the messenger, as she would not tell anyone her name. Because, as she later wrote, "You never gave your name to anyone. What you don’t know, you can’t reveal" ("Tiny Mulder: Teenage World War II Resistance Heroine").

The German Occupation of the Netherlands

dallaslawry — 2025-05-15 14:19:59 UTC

On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany's army began their occupation of Tiny Mulder's country. They gave no warning about their intentions, and no declaration of war had ever been issued. As she later wrote, "When I awoke, I wondered what that noise was up in the air. The radio confirmed that the Germans were invading. There was no declaration of war. They just came. Just like that. We were a small country then, of eight million, overrun by a large army" ("Tiny Mulder: Teenage World War II Resistance Heroine").

Rescuing Pilots

dallaslawry — 2025-05-15 14:33:22 UTC

Soon, the resistance group she was in gave her the additional duty of sheltering and aiding the crews of downed Ally planes. One of the most famous of her rescues happened in December of 1943 when the American B-24 nicknamed the 'Sack Time Sally' crashed in a field near where she was operating ("Tiny Mulder: Teenage World War II Resistance Heroine" and "42-40749").

After the War

dallaslawry — 2025-05-15 15:10:39 UTC

After World War II ended in 1945, Tiny Mulder moved on to become a famous writer and poet. She died in 2010 at the age of 89 ("Impact")

Uprising by Muse

dallaslawry — 2025-05-16 14:04:55 UTC

This song calls for a rising up against corrupt powers and taking back what rightfully belongs to another. ("Muse-Uprising Lyrics").