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Captain Ann Patrie was assigned to the 872nd Medical Detachment Reserves, 5th Army, to fly medivac helicopters after graduation from flight school. She was later reassigned to the 374th Medical Detachment Reserves, and it was with this unit that she went to Operation Desert Storm after the unit was assigned to active duty. After Operation Desert Storm, Patrie was reassigned back to the 5th Army in April 1991.

Identifier

NASM.1993.0053

Creator

Patrie, Ann H., Captain

Date

1987-1991

bulk 1990-1991

Provenance

Captain Ann H. Patrie, gift, 1993, 1993-0053, NASM

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the following: eight letters between Captain Patrie and her husband Chris; twenty color photographs of Patrie during Operation Desert Storm; copies of Patrie's military orders; and an 'Aviation Procedure Handbook.'

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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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Topics

Women air pilots

Helicopters

Women in aeronautics

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics

Helicopter pilots

Helicopter ambulances

United States -- Armed Forces -- Women

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Photographs

Manuals