NASA History Community:
Below and attached is information about a very interesting talk our office is sponsoring next week. Please feel free to forward to others who may want to tune in too. Hope you can join us! Thanks,
Steve
NASA History Lunchtime Talk:
“The Psychological Consequences of Aerial Combat in World War
I” by Jorden Pitt
Time/Date/Location: noon – 1
pm ET, Wednesday May 3, virtual via MS
Teams link (no prior registration necessary)
Contact: Steve Garber (stephen.j.garber@nasa.gov)
or hq-histinfo@nasa.gov
Description:
Even though the American Air Service had a relatively limited tenure in World War I, America’s first combat fliers still experienced the psychological distress that accompanied
military service. This presentation explores these understudied human consequences of aerial combat in the war. It further shows how medical officers relied on the era’s definition of masculinity to perceive, diagnose, and treat the mental health issues that
troubled American fliers. Jorden Pitt is a Ph.D. student at Texas Christian University and a NASA-American Historical Association Fellow in Aerospace History.
Stephen Garber
(he/him)
NASA History Division
Office of Communications
NASA Headquarters
Mary W. Jackson Building, Room 5P25
Washington, DC 20546
202-358-0385
