David Whitmer; Arrested ‘Axis Sally’ During World War II
David Whitmer, 70, who as an Army counterintelligence officer during World War II arrested “Axis Sally.” Whitmer arrested Mildred Fiske Gillars, also known as Axis Sally, an American later convicted of treason for her Nazi broadcasts meant to undermine Allied morale. The Columbus, Ohio, woman served 12 years in federal prison and died last year at 87. Whitmer was a former executive vice president of a sash and door company in Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh of cancer on Sept. 22.
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