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Farrell, Mary Cronk.
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Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Juvenile literature.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Juvenile literature.
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Farrell, Mary Cronk.
Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Juvenile literature.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Juvenile literature.
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Pure grit : how American World
War
II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans.
by
Farrell, Mary Cronk.
Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2014.
Call #:
940.547573 F245pg
Subjects
Nurses
--
United
States
--
History
--
20th century
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Military nursing
--
United
States
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
World
War
, 1939-1945
--
Medical care
--
United
States
--
Juvenile
literature
.
World
War
, 1939-1945
--
Prisoners
and prisons, Japanese
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Prisoners
of
war
--
United
States
--
Juvenile
literature
.
World
War
, 1939-1945
--
Campaigns
--
Philippines
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Prisoners
of
war
--
Philippines
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9781419710285
Description:
160 p. : ill. (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.
Contents:
Introduction
--
Adventure and romance
--
Surprise attack
--
No time for fear
--
Nurses under fire
--
Retreat to the jungle
--
Make-do medicine
--
Boxed in on Bataan
--
Retreat to the rock
--
Holing up on Corregidor Island
--
Rescued!
--
Surrender to the enemy
--
Held incommunicado
--
Santo Tomas internment camp
--
Food? Grow your own
--
Hope at last
--
Walking skeletons
--
Liberation!
--
Homecoming
--
Forgotten
--
Moving on
--
Recognition at last.
Summary:
"The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket.
When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 blasted the
United
States
into World
War
II, 101 American Army and Navy nurses serving in the Philippines were suddenly treating wounded and dying soldiers while bombs exploded all around them. The women served in jerry-rigged jungle hospitals on the Bataan Peninsula and in underground tunnels on Corregidor Island. Later, when most of them were captured by the Japanese as
prisoners
of
war
, they suffered disease and near-starvation for three years. This is their story of sisterhood and suffering, of tragedy and betrayal, of death and life.
Awards:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
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