In dusty sneakers and oversize camouflaged fatigues, the tired-looking air-force nurse stepped down from the hospital plane at Hanoi's Bachmai airfield. Two generals waited on the runway to greet her; a noisy throng of officers and friends closed in to cheer her, and a few reached through the crush just to touch her.
Lieut. Genevieve de Galard Terraube, 29, not four months in Indo-China, not yet one year out of nursing schoolwaved happily in the turmoil, then laughed. After 41 days of battle and 18 days of Red captivity, she was back from Dienbienphu.
"Stay for the Siege." Last March 26 Genevieve de...
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