George Backer

But we have to keep moving on because otherwise I would have a whole podcast series about Virginia.

Then, in December 1941, Virginia received a message from George Backer with the New York Post, urging her to return to the United States.

There had been a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese the week before, and for her safety, they wanted Virginia to come home.

The Vichy was now officially actively supporting the German war effort, aligning itself more and more every day with the Third Reich.