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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Farrell, Mary Cronk.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Farrell, Mary Cronk.       by title:      Pure grit : how Amer...       by call number:      940.547573 F245pg     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Nonfiction 940.547573 F245pg Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Children's Nonfiction 940.547573 F245pg Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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