The First Indochina War began as France attempted to reassert colonial control over Vietnam after World War II, but the conflict quickly escalated into a brutal Cold War battleground. Communist-led ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war of ...

April 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1509, Henry VIII became king of England after his father, Henry VII, died. In 1836, with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" Texas forces under Sam ...

Captured French soldiers, escorted by Vietnamese troops, walk to a prisoner-of-war camp in Dien Bien Phu. (Wikimedia Commons) Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great ...

Valérie André with a Hiller UH-12/360 helicopter outside Lanessan hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Already a doctor, she also became a pilot after realizing a helicopter could help her reach wounded ...

Among the French B-26 pilots who bombed German supply lines from North Africa in World War II was a tall slender officer with an Oriental cast to his handsome features. Born in Indo-China, where his ...