In this rare photograph of an individual
earning the Air Medal (left), First Lieutenant Suella V. Bernard (kneeling center)
comforts a wounded soldier just before
the modified Waco GC-29 cargo glider
they were aboard was “snatched” aloft by
a C-297 and heading for a hospital in
France. (above) Preparing a CG-29 for
patient on-loading during the Remagen
med evac mission. The gliders were modified to carry up to 292 patients each.
