26 MARCH 1943 - SECOND LIEUTENANT ELSIE OTT, ARMY NURSE CORPS - #WWII
Army Nurse Corps 2LT Elsie Ott became the first woman to receive the U.S. Air Medal. Stationed in India with the U.S. Army Air Forces, she was assigned to an air evacuation unit.
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Army Nurse Corps 2LT Elsie Ott became the first woman to receive the U.S. Air Medal. Stationed in India with the U.S. Army Air Forces, she was assigned to an air evacuation unit.
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On 17 Jan 1943,Lieutenant Ott was aboard an aircraft in route from Karachi, India, to Washington, D.C., with five patients bound for Walter Reed Army Hospital. She was a member of the flight crew that made the first ever intercontinental evacuation of patient by aircraft.
Counting intermediate stops, the flight took one week, evacuation by hospital ship would have taken about three months. During the flight, LT Ott kept detailed notes that improved patient care as the Army continued to develop its innovative aeromedical evacuation procedures.
This was the first aerial evacuation flight in nursing history. It was also the pioneer movement of transporting wounded soldiers by air over such a great distance (11,000 miles).
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For her meritorious service, Lieutenant Ott became the first Army nurse and first female soldier awarded the Air Medal.
The Air Medal was instituted in 1942 and is awarded for acts of heroism or meritorious service while in flight.
The Air Medal was instituted in 1942 and is awarded for acts of heroism or meritorious service while in flight.
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