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Planes carrying wounded soldiers prepare to take off from a landing strip in France. Notice the black and white stripes on the wings, known as “D-Day Stripes.” They were painted on all tactical aircraft after June 6, 1944 to prevent friendly fire incidents.


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Planes carrying wounded soldiers prepare to take off from a landing strip in France. Notice the black and white stripes on the wings, known as “D-Day Stripes.” They were painted on all tactical aircraft after June 6, 1944 to prevent friendly fire incidents.

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After escaping the province of Bataan just before it fell to invading Japanese forces, Lt. Col. Helen Hennessey found herself on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. This image was taken there, where she helped take care of the sick and wounded in an underground 1,000-bed hospital.
Lt. Col. Helen Hennessey was captured as a prisoner of war in 1942 and sent to the Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila. She was one of the many nurses captured on the island of Corregidor. This is an image of many of those nurses being rescued when Santo Tomas was eventually liberated by American troops in 1945. [12 February 1945]
Raquel Hoskins, 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, draws blood from a patient at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. Medical laboratory technicians draw blood samples to aid medical providers with diagnosing and following up with previous diagnoses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
Raquel Hoskins, 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, places a blood sample in a centrifuge at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. The centrifuge separates red blood cells from plasma and serum for use in chemical analysis testing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
Raquel Hoskins, 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, places a blood sample in a chemistry analyzer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. Medical laboratory technicians conduct hematology, phlebotomy, urinalysis, chemistry and microbiology tests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
Raquel Hoskins, 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, uses a chemistry analyzer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. The analyzer tests glucose and electrolyte levels, and monitors kidney and liver function. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
Raquel Hoskins, 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, retrieves a blood sample at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. Medical laboratory technicians draw blood samples to aid medical providers with diagnosing and following up with previous diagnoses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
A 5th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician draws blood from a patient at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 13, 2016. Medical laboratory technicians conduct hematology, phlebotomy, urinalysis, chemistry and microbiology tests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)
Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, receives a new prosthetic eye at the Air Force Postgraduate Dental School on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 17, 2016. Dwyer wanted the iris of his prosthetic eye to be his unit's crest as a way of paying tribute his unit and the service members who never made it back home. (Courtesy photo)
Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Forces officer assigned to U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), get his new prosthetic eye with his unit's crest checked at the Air Force Postgraduate Dental School on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 17, 2016. Dwyer commands an elite unit of Army green berets and rangers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Courtesy photo)
Retired Master Sgt. William Vance, 59th Medical Wing graphics illustrator, presents one of his famous artworks, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder art piece, to Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Forces officer assigned to the U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 18, 2016. The PTSD art piece has been reproduced and seen all over the world and is currently part of the Pentagon's Air Force Art Program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Ellis)
Robert Shelley, 59th Medical Wing graphics illustrator, explains some of the projects the medical illustrations department has done to Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Forces officer assigned to U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), and Lt. Col. (Dr.) Ketu Lincoln, 59th MDW maxillofacial prosthodontic fellow, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 18, 2016. Shelley also sketched the unit crest for Dwyer's prosthetic eye. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Ellis)
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