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03048aam a2200421 i 4500 001 F57D9444D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 220622s2023 ctua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2022029246 020 $a 081177192X 020 $a 9780811771924 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d IMmBT $d NjBwBT $d SILO 050 00 $a UH347.A53 $b E93 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220622 100 1 $a Evans, Charles M., $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a HELICOPTER HEROINE : $b VALaERIE ANDRaE--SURGEON, PIONEER RESCUE PILOT, AND HER COURAGE UNDER FIRE / $c Charles Morgan Evans. 246 30 $a Valaerie Andrae--surgeon, pioneer rescue pilot, and her courage under fire 264 1 $a Essex, Connecticut : $b Stackpole Books, $c [2023] 300 $a viii, 422 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a 2023/01/01 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-414) and index. 505 0 $a No Place for a Woman -- Dreams and Destiny -- War Comes to France -- Occupation -- Escaping the Gestapo -- The City of Light in Shadows -- Paris Broken, Paris Outraged, Paris Liberated -- In the Company of Modern Knights -- Into the Cauldron -- Sang Froid-- Trial Under Fire -- The Helicopter and How It Came to Vietnam -- The Corsican Pilot -- aEvasan -- The Woman and the Dragonfly -- The Prestige of Men -- Roi Jean -- First Flight -- The Exhilaration of War -- True Believer -- The Woman Who Came From theSky -- A Test of Will -- The Perils of Tenacity -- Operating in the Wilderness -- Ventilateur Calling -- Madamoiselle Ventilateur -- Allons-y -- On the Right Side of Luck -- No Place for the Dying -- Taking Command -- Breakdown -- Recognition -- PyrrhicVictory -- To Breathe Again -- Daenouement Dien Bien Phu -- Challenges and Disillusion -- To Fight and To Save -- Triumph of an Indomitable Spirit. 520 $a "Helicopter Heroine is the story of Valaerie Andrae, who began her medical career in Paris under the eyes of the Gestapo, trained as a neurosurgeon, and blazed trails as a helicopter pioneer and battlefield medicine innovator during the French Indochina war. Flying through bullets and bombs to treat and evacuate the wounded, Andrae became a legend"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Andrae, Valaerie, $d 1922- 610 10 $a France. $b Armaee de l'air $v Biography. 610 10 $a France. $b Armaee de l'air $x Transport of sick and wounded. 650 0 $a Indochinese War, 1946-1954 $x Medical care $z France. 650 0 $a Air pilots $z France $v Biography. $9 87689 650 0 $a Women air pilots $z France $v Biography. 650 0 $a Physicians $z France $v Biography. $9 83021 650 0 $a Generals $z France $v Biography. $9 92961 650 0 $a Women generals $z France $v Biography. 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Evans, Charles M., 1963- $t Helicopter heroine $d Essex, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2023] $z 9780811771979 $w (DLC) 2022029247 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230404014447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F57D9444D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search