Lillian Kinkella Keil

Lillian Kinkella Keil (b. November 17 1916 – d. June 30 2005) was a highly decorated American World War II and Korean War flight nurse.

The 1954 movie "Flight Nurse" was based upon her experiences. It is a well known factFact|date=August 2008 that Audie Murphy was the most decorated man of World War II, however few know that Keil was the most decorated military woman of World War II.Fact|date=August 2008

Awards

Keil was awarded 19 medals and ribbons, including:
* 4 Air Medals,
* 2 Presidential Unit Citations,
* 1 World War II Victory Medal,
* 4 battle stars in WWII, and
* 1 Korean Service Medal with seven battle stars.

Further reading

*cite news|url=http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3549421|title=Lillian Keil, decorated flight nurse in two wars, dead at 88|publisher=Associated Press|date=2005-09-29
*cite news|url=http://www.the-tidings.com/2005/0716/lillian.htm|first=Ellie|last=Hidalgo|title=Obituary: Lillian Keil, flight nurse, tended to 10,000 wounded soldiers|publisher=The Tidings|date=2005-07-15