Service, rescue & remembrance
Bringing people home
Follow flight nursing and medical evacuation from the Air Force Museum to the Pentagon exhibit and the Military Women’s Memorial.
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Air Force Museum
1st Lt. Mary L. Hawkins
Begin with Mary Louise Hawkins and a particular emergency. The aircraft’s mission becomes a story about patients and care.
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Air Force Museum
Winged Angels: USAAF Flight Nurses in WWII
Widen the view from one nurse to the training, risk, and work of wartime flight nursing.
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Air Force Museum
Aeromedical Evacuation
Follow the development of an evacuation system. Consider the people and facilities needed before and after a flight.
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Service & Remembrance
The Pentagon Vietnam exhibit: air ambulance and remembrance
Enter the Pentagon exhibit’s air-ambulance setting, then continue toward its remembrance material.
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Service & Remembrance
Military Women’s Memorial: service remembered
End at Arlington with the wider record of women’s service. Allow time to explore the memorial’s own galleries, inscriptions, and sources.
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