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Valérie André, French 'Helicopter Heroine' and army medic, dies at 102
Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
Local Vietnamese civilians ... appointed by the defense minister to lead a commission on the future of women in the French military. On that panel, she told Vertical, she fought to open up ...
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Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France ... filled with hundreds of casualty evacuations, first in the Vietnamese theater and ...
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...