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WWII Flight Nurses Awarded Air Medals

A group of five World War II flight nurses were awarded Air Medals for their 500 hours spent evacuating the sick and wounded from the frigid Aleutian Islands, off the western coast of Alaska. The nurses, from Flight A, 805th … Continue reading →

An Arctic Rescue

Conflict: World War II

by Karen

Reaching the wrecked Douglas C-47 troop carrier plane and its crew wasn’t going to be easy—it had crashed in a remote part of the Alaskan Peninsula known as Cathedral Valley, a mountainous, glaciated area. That’s where the Land Rescue Squad … Continue reading →