She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...

Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French ...

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FILE - Valerie Andre, a French Army captain, doctor and helicopter pilot, is shown in front of her helicopter in Tonkin, in northern Indochina, July 30, 1952. Valerie Andre, a French aviator and ...

Chef Andre was a mentor, friend and an inspiration to our industry ... and went on to work at resorts in Normandy and Switzerland. After a stint in the French military’s ski patrol, he moved to Paris ...

Her father objected. "Our clashes became frequent and, to his cautious arguments, I would retort: 'You raised me to be French and I don't want to be German. I'm not staying.'" Enrolled at ...

In 1936, Salvador Dalí made a window display for Bonwit Teller department store and he wasn’t the only Surrealist to make a storefront appearance; in 1945, Marcel Duchamp arranged copies of a book by ...

Every January 1 is Public Domain Day, as the copyright on many works of art expires and they are released onto the public domain.

Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died. She was 102. France's ministry of armies and the French presidency ...