We Band of Angels
The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
New York : Random House, [1999]
Format: Ebook
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Description: 1 online resource (xv, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps
Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine Army and Navy nurses who were captured when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the American bases located in the Philippines.
Contents:
Waking up to war -- Manila cannot hold -- Jungle hospital #1 -- The sick, the wounded, the work of war -- Waiting for the help that never came -- "There must be no thought of surrender" -- Bataan falls: the wounded are left in their beds -- Corregidor: the last stand -- A handful go home -- In enemy hands -- Santo Thomas -- STIC, the first year, 1942 -- Los Banos, 1943 -- Eating weeds fried in cold cream, 1944 -- And the gates came crashing down -- "Home,. We're really home." -- Aftermath -- Across the years
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- history -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
War -- United States.
Krijgsgevangenen.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Militaire bases.
Verpleegkundigen.
Vrouwen.
Krankenschwester.
Pazifikkrieg (1941-1945)
Philippinen.
United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- history -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
War -- United States.
Krijgsgevangenen.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Militaire bases.
Verpleegkundigen.
Vrouwen.
Krankenschwester.
Pazifikkrieg (1941-1945)
Philippinen.
United States.
ISBN:
9780307799579
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-292) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-292) and index.
Description based on print version record.