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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 ...
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 ...
National Review6y
Did France’s Gun Control Hurt Its Resistance to the Nazis?
As German atrocities built, so did the French Resistance. It had begun with underground publications and the occasional act of violence (often counterproductive given that the Germans would have ...
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Adolfo Kaminsky, French Resistance forger who saved thousands during the Holocaust, dies at 97
(JTA) — Adolfo Kaminsky, the French-Jewish photographer, forger, smuggler and resistance fighter who saved thousands of people during the Holocaust as part of the French underground, died at 97 ...
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Macron praises World War II French Resistance activist, author
France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Genevieve Callerot, who has died at age 108. Callerot, who was among the last survivors of the ...
The Washington Post20d
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
She said she initially met resistance to her plan from the ... In 1976, she became the first female general in the French armed forces. Five years later, after her military retirement, she was ...