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"War Stories: Rhonda Cornum, " PBS Frontline, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ gulf/war/5.html (February 25, 2006). In 1998 he wrote the book "Airpower Against an Army," chosen for the Chief of Staff's senior officer reading list. RRVFPA

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Rhonda Cornum Biography

U.S.

Army surgeon

Born October 31, 1954, in Dayton, OH; married first husband (divorced); married Kory Cornum (an Air Force colonel and orthopedist), 1983; children: Regan (from first marriage). After the battles in Fallujah, Iraq, in April of 2004, Cornum admitted patients and assisted in the operating room. 5B. His F-15C fighter was shot down over Iraq on the last day of the Persian Gulf War.

Stacey Andrews was in a state of confusion for the next four days.

My father served in Vietnam twice, so to me, MIA meant I had very little hope
left."

Friends and her husband's co-workers gathered around her to help her cope.

Time , March 28, 2003. She was captured by Iraqi troops before being repatriated. Education: Cornell University, Ph.D.

ATTENTION VISITORS: the Museum Café is temporarily closed from Dec. 31-Jan.5. No one was in the house,
though, so she shrugged it off as a weird dream. Andrews earned two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross with "V" for valor in previous Desert Storm actions; one for attacking a heavily defended Scud missile plant and another for providing close air support for a Special Forces team, which was trapped under heavy fire.

"We crashed at 140 miles per hour—there's no way I should have survived that crash. "Maybe I hadn't realized I was missing it, but working for something bigger than yourself just appealed to me." In 1982, Cornum went to medical school at a military school in Bethesda, Maryland, where she met her second husband, Kory, who was in the Air Force; they married in 1983.

Andrews packed up the family and headed
for Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to meet her husband.

Good Housekeeping , December 2004, pp. A11.

Stars and Stripes , April 8, 2001. The war began in January of 1991, followed by a ground assault in February. A4; August 8, 1992, p. Aviators are known for wearing big wristwatches.

Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award, U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1993.