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The angel of Dien Bien Phu : the sole French woman at the decisive battle in Vietnam / Genevieve de Galard ; translated from the French by Isabelle Surcouf Toms.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galard, Geneviève de, 1924-
- Standardized Title:
- Femme à Dien Bien Phu. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Personal narratives, French.
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954.
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Medical care.
- Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, Dian Bien Phu, Vietnam, 1954.
- Nurses--France--Biography.
- Nurses.
- Aviation nursing--France--History--20th century.
- Aviation nursing.
- Aviation nursing--Vietnam--History--20th century.
- France. Armée de l'air. Groupement des moyens militaires de transport aérien--Biography.
- France.
- Galard, Geneviève de, 1924-.
- Galard, Geneviève de.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As the only French woman among some 11,000 defenders at Dien Bien Phu, Geneviève de Galard had a unique perspective of the siege and fall of the French fortress. This memoir about her years as a flight nurse for the French air force offers previously unknown details about their defeat. De Galard was on the flights that evacuated casualties from the battle, often landing in the midst of Vietminh artillery barrages. After a French air force C-47 with de Galard on board was seriously damaged, she tended to the wounded and dying in a field hospital. Her efforts won her the Knight's Cross and
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-386-7
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