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Navy Medicine Fast Facts: Angels of the Airfields

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  • During World War II, the U.S. Navy established a flight nurse program to provide critical en-route medical care for wounded personnel being evacuated from combat zones.
  • These nurses flew on missions aboard R4D and R5D Skytrain aircraft, transforming these planes into airborne ambulances.
  • In 1945, Navy flight nurses made history by serving on active battlefields at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
     

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