Second Lieutenant Elsie Ott (1913–2006) was the first woman to receive the United States Air Medal. [1] She was awarded this medal in recognition of her heroism in determining a way to …

Oct 30, 2020 · Take Elsie Ott, for example, who was one such woman that made a name for herself in the world of flight nursing. Ott was born in 1913 in Smithtown, New York, and …

As the flight nurse on the first intercontinental air evacuation flight, 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott demonstrated the potential of air evacuation in January 1943. An Army nurse who had never …

In January 1943, 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, a 29-year-old Army nurse with barely a year of military service, took on a mission to demonstrate the value and feasibility of aeromedical evacuation. …

First woman to receive the Air Medal, 1943. Second Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott was a pioneer in air evacuation of military casualties. As World War II progressed on two fronts, the Allies were …

Oct 14, 2019 · America’s first flight nurse, U.S. Army Lt. Elsie Ott, and her pioneering seven-day, round-the-world medical evacuation flight in 1943.

Jan 17, 2024 · On this day in 1943, Second Lieutenant Elsie Ott departs on a grueling trip—the first intercontinental air evacuation flight. Ott was the flight nurse that day, and she would …

Contributing to this was 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, a flight nurse on the first intercontinental air evacuation flight that demonstrated the potential of air evacuation. Born in 1913 in Smithtown, …

Elsie S. Ott was born in Smithtown, New York, in 1913. After graduating high school, she attended Lenox Hill Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. In September 1941, Ott joined the …

Elsie Ott was a pioneering American military nurse born on November 5, 1913, in St. James, New York. After completing her nursing degree in 1936, she joined the US Army Nurse Corps in …