Portrait of Lt. Emily Lewis in her nursing uniform. She served as a flight nurse and helped evacuate wounded after D-Day.

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Emily Lewis was born in Paducah, Kentucky on April 5th, 1920, and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1924. She graduated from nursing school in 1941 and after Pearl Harbor, enlisted in the armed forces. She was called to duty in June of 1942, and was initially sent to . . .

Flight nurse Emily Lewis tends to a wounded flier. December, 1944.

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Lt. Emily Lewis and two colleagues prepare to travel by jeep in Normandy. 1944. She served as a flight nurse and helped evacuate wounded after D-Day.

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A C-47 transports wounded Americans across the English Channel.

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After gaining a foothold on what German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel called the "longest day," the Allied march inland commenced following D-Day. Unfortunately for the Allies, during 19-20 June a force 6-7 storm blew out of the northwest and severely damaged Mulberry A in the American sector. . .

Strategic bombing may generally be defined as air attacks directed at targets or systems capable of having a major impact on the will or ability of an enemy nation to wage war. Airpower proponents have touted strategic bombing as a unique war-winning capability and have used it to justify independent . . .