Angel of Dien Bien Phu
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrr2z4kjd1o
A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99.
Geneviève de Galard became a celebrated figure exactly 70 years ago when she was the only woman nurse tending French casualties inside the doomed redoubt of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam.
She won the adoration of French soldiers for her unflinching dedication during more than a month of bloody fighting before the stronghold fell on 7 May.
