1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12374/archive/files/9d0751d313bd37ab49949feff6379cb6.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=i75srr57NlncQFIMbW8MH3cD47zb5TTHTVm64Ag8F%7ET5s55cV0dQILGJMe-6wG6RVvU8Q-pFtFBrlqp3qkVbLf7sGgOWB%7EOGfuk85G-8aPBQzMRrSY2YxyyvoOvjs7onsV393qg2tlV2czWg3JedB269%7ENJmWCBxMJrru1vpfa35UkxgU%7EdyqYW3ljPlW4EykQXTuXFscC6o-z%7EMzWy0LyFnufgeXOweRYS25w03nDZjiUFhxJSRJsr0yLu9inpBIN812uzA%7ErJQuMBALpPTP1Y8pwvtdlDJzCsCPWYLC8YjVyvQAaGbtzO1ndR6lu4ar5F4TqdKIzlEGfisFaynIA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 324ac04a967412b939f2091ad0a16d6f Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 340 Width 263 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local (Michigan) Description An account of the resource Local role models provide us with people to look to as we aspire to fulfill our dreams. Sometimes, they might inspire us to achieve goals that we had never thought could be accomplished. The local collection honors those women in Michigan who dared to be different. Some of these women integrated male-dominated fields, like firefighting, while others dared to change law, lead businesses, forward higher education, or fight for social justice. These women help shape our dreams and give Michiganians someone local to provide inspiration. Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1915 Birthplace Freeland, Michigan, USA Death Date 1944 Occupation Flight nurse Biographical Text Aleda Lutz was the first American woman to die in combat in World War II. She was born in Freeland, Michigan (a rural town adjacent to Saginaw) and graduated as a nurse from the Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing in 1937. Soon after receiving her degree though, the world broke out in war. For the first time, women were being called on to do duties that never before had been considered appropriate for their sex. They worked as riveters, mechanics, pilots, and much more. In 1942, Lutz enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She was trained in the Aerial Evacuation Service, which revolutionized military medical care by providing flying ambulances controlled by flight nurses. The service (arm of the US Air Force) saved the lives of many wounded soldiers by staffing the planes with flight nurses and getting the wounded to hospitals far from the front lines. When the Allies invaded North Africa in February of 1943, Lutz was sent to Tunisia to evacuate the wounded troops. She went on to save soldiers at the invasion of Anzio, Italy. In 1944, Lutz was transferred from Italy to southern France to evacuate wounded soldiers from the Allied invasion campaign. On November 1, 1944, she was flying patients from the front lines to a hospital in Italy when severe storms downed the plane. She died at the age of 28. At the time of her death, Lutz had flown 196 missions and evacuated over 3500 men. In all, about 500 flight nurses served as members of the medical air evacuation squadrons. Of the 1,176,048 patients that these women evacuated, only 46 died en route. Seventeen flight nurses lost their lives during the war. Lutz was awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Posthumously, she was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with six oak leaf clusters, the first honor of its kind made to an army nurse in WWII. In 1945, a US Army hospital ship was named after her and, in 1990, the Saginaw Veterans Hospital was rededicated in her name. A stele marks the crash site near Doizieux, France, which notes that Lutz was the first American woman who died in action during WWII. Bibliography <a href="http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=doizieux-c47&lang=en">Picture of stele that marks her crash site</a> <a href="https://miwf.org/timeline/aleda-e-lutz/" title="Michigan Women's Hall of Fame">Michigan Women's Hall of Fame</a> Saginaw Hall of Fame, biographical sketches by Ed Miller and Jean Beach, published by The Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000. Inducted in 1993. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aleda Lutz Subject The topic of the resource WWII flight nurse Description An account of the resource First American woman to be killed in action during WWII Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amy French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Image: National Museum of the US Air Force flight nurse killed in combat pilot WWII