The Rochambelles were the first women’s unit integrated into an armored division on the western front during World War II. A total of 51 women served in the First Company, 13th medical battalion of the French Second Armored Division from 1943 to 1945, and then some members continued on to Indochina. == Organization == In 1941, Florence Conrad, a wealthy American widow who had lived in France for many years, returned to New York.
The Rochambelles were the first women’s unit integrated into an armored division on the western front during World War II. A total of 51 women served in the First Company, 13th medical battalion of the French Second Armored Division from 1943 to 1945, and then some members continued on to Indochina. == Organization == In 1941, Florence Conrad, a wealthy American widow who had lived in France for many years, returned to New York.
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