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We band of angels : the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese / by Elizabeth M. Norman.

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  • ISBN: 0375502459
  • ISBN: 9780375502453
  • ISBN: 0671787187
  • ISBN: 9780671787189
  • Physical Description: xv, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1999]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Waking Up to War 3 -- 2. Manila Cannot Hold 16 -- 3. Jungle Hospital #1 30 -- 4. Sick, the Wounded, the Work of War 39 -- 5. Waiting for the Help That Never Came 50 -- 6. "There Must Be No Thought of Surrender" 67 -- 7. Bataan Falls: The Wounded Are Left in Their Beds 83 -- 8. Corregidor--the Last Stand 96 -- 9. A Handful Go Home 112 -- 10. In Enemy Hands 130 -- 11. Santo Tomas 142 -- 12. STIC, the First Year, 1942 158 -- 13. Los Banos, 1943 169 -- 14. Eating Weeds Fried in Cold Cream, 1944 183 -- 15. And the Gates Came Crashing Down 201 -- 16. "Home. We're Really Home." 219 -- 17. Aftermath 233 -- 18. Across the Years 243 -- Appendix II Nurses and Their Hometowns 279.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.7 19 36650.
Subject:
Nurses > United States > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > Philippines > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

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