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

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

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 ...

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