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Chief flight nurse Maj. Mary A. Goddard checks the condition of some of the 56 Vietnamese paraplegics being flown from Saigon to Travis Air Force Base in California on Nov.9, 1965. The mercy flight, ordered by President Lyndon B. Johnson, ultimately took them to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Castle Point, New York, for treatment. (AP Photo)