She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile, ...

a French air force nurse in the 1950s Indochina war who became known as the “angel of Dien Bien Phu,” the only woman in an embattled garrison amid wounded and dying soldiers as well-armed ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly ...

This course examines two major conflicts: the French Indochina War and the ... and the experience of soldiers, civilians, and activists in the wars. We will read histories, testimonies of soldiers and ...

This talk, based on extensive research in Cambodian, French, and Vietnamese archives and libraries, focuses on a neglected part of the First Indochina War (1945-54), the struggle for the southern ...