Pat DiGeorge grew up in the small town of Bartow, Florida. Following marriage, the birth of two sons, and an eventual move to Atlanta, Georgia, she embarked on a successful business career. In 2008, Pat helped organize a local program to fly WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials. She wrote tributes for many of the honorees, including one about her father, Herman Allen. As Pat learned more about her father’s experiences during the war and about her mother’s parallel journey in the OSS, she began to research the story of LIBERTY LADY.