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Geneviève de Galard was a French nurse who served in the French Army during the First Indochina War. She was born on 13 April 1925 in Paris, France. She was the daughter of a French Army officer and a nurse.
Geneviève de Galard joined the French Army in 1951 and was sent to Indochina. She served as a nurse at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, where she was known as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu". She was awarded the Legion of Honor for her bravery and dedication to her patients.
Geneviève de Galard was 98 years old when she passed away on 28 April 2021.
Geneviève de Galard had an estimated net worth of $1 million. She earned her wealth through her career as a nurse in the French Army. She was also a recipient of the Legion of Honor for her bravery and dedication to her patients.
Geneviève de Galard was never married and had no children. She was a devoted Catholic and dedicated her life to helping others. She was an inspiration to many and will be remembered for her courage and selflessness.
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13 April 1925 |
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China |
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Serving as a convoyeuse or in-flight nurse, she was stationed in Hanoi and flew on casualty evacuation flights from Pleiku. After January 1954, she was on the flights that evacuated casualties from the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Her first patients were mainly soldiers who suffered from diseases but after mid-March most of them were battle casualties. Sometimes, Red Cross planes had to land in the midst of Vietminh artillery barrages.
Galard found herself stuck in Dien Bien Phu on March 28, 1954, when the C-47 on which she was the convoyeuse landed in fog and damaged an oil tank which prevented its taking off again. The mechanics could not repair the plane in the field, so the plane was stranded. At daylight Vietminh artillery destroyed the C-47 and damaged the runway beyond repair.
On 29 April 1954, Geneviève de Galard was awarded the Légion d´honneur (as a knight) and the Croix de Guerre TOE (Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieurs (War Cross for foreign operational theaters)). It was presented to her by the commander of Dien Bien Phu, General de Castries. The following day, during the celebration of the French Foreign Legion's annual "Camerone" Day, de Galard was made an honorary Légionnaire de 1ère classe alongside Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Bigeard, the commander of the 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion. After the induction ceremony she told her Foreign Legionnaire sponsor: "If we ever get out of this alive, I'll pay you a bottle of champagne no matter where we meet." In 1963 while driving with her husband in Paris she saw the Legionnaire, got out of her car, embraced him and made good on her promise.
Having flown to Washington, D.C., on a U.S. Air Force plane, she was recognized before the House of Representatives. On 29 July 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded her the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, calling her the "woman of the year" She was then sent on a tour of six states where she met with luminaries and appeared before large crowds in cities such as Cleveland, Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco. The French ambassador to the United States called her visit "an exceptional success".
She passed the state exam to become a nurse and eventually became a flight nurse for the French Air Force. She was posted to French Indochina by her own request and arrived there in May 1953, in the middle of the war between French forces and the Vietminh.
Geneviève de Galard (born 13 April 1925) is a French nurse who was dubbed l'ange de Dien Bien Phu ("the Angel of Dien Bien Phu") during the French war in Indochina by the press in Hanoi, although in the camp she was known simply as Geneviève.
