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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Atwood, Kathryn J.     Subjects     Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Atwood, Kathryn J.       by title:      Women heroes of Worl...       by call number:      940.530922 A887wh     Search the Web     Atwood, Kathryn J.     Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements.       MARC Display

Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival / Kathryn J. Atwood. by Atwood, Kathryn J. Chicago Review Press, c2017. Call #: 940.530922 A887wh Subjects Women -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements. Series Women of action (Chicago, Ill.). ISBN:  9781613731680 (cloth : alk. paper) Alternate title:  Women heroes of World War 2 Women heroes of World War two Description:  xix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index. Contents:  China -- Peggy Hull: in a war zone -- Minnie Vautrin: American hero at the Nanking Massacre -- Gladys Aylward: "All China is a battlefield" -- The United States and the Philippines -- Elizabeth MacDonald: Pearl Harbor reporter and OSS agent -- Denny Williams: Nurse under fire -- Margaret Utinsky: The Miss U network -- Yay Panlilio: Guerilla writer -- Claire Phillips: Spy singer -- Maria Rosa Henson: Guerilla courier and "comfort woman" -- Mayala, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies -- Sybil Kathigasu: "This was war" -- Elizabeth Choy: "Justice will triumph" -- Vivian Bullwinkel: Sole survivor -- Helen Coljin: Rising above -- Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- Jane Kendeign: Flight nurse -- Dickey Chapelle: "As far forward as you'll let me". Summary:  Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 940.530922 A887wh Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Young Adult Nonfiction 940.530922 A887wh Ya Books Not Available Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 940.530922 A887wh Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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