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Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott
Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott was the first woman to receive the U.S. Air Medal. She joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 and was sent to India. The Army Air Corps was considering using airplanes to evacuate injured military as they delivered fresh troops. She flew the first evacuation and brought a lot of patients in 6 days to Washington, D.C. The previous route for such a mission was by ship, and took three months. Image: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLH2G6lqvGCDLhxIQXIrY6vsCJzzZlvO16JZkHaeH23JW64hVjrg:www.hanscom.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/090903-F-1234S-014.jpg |
Eileen Nearne
Eileen Nearne joined the Special Operations Executive in Britain as a radio operator. During the war Nearne was dropped by parachute into occupied France to relay messages from the French resistance and to arrange weapons drops. She could stay out of the hands of Nazi Germany for a long time, but was eventually arrested, tortured, and sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She escaped during a transfer to another camp and hid in a church until the area was liberated by the Americans. Image: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrhNMJl_8ZNWCWZdFIiXtfRi7G1U1JWcOh1j3EhgAgf54Trsm_:i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2013/3/26/1364322327507/Jacqueline-and-Eileen-Nea-008.jpg |
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