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Atwood, Kathryn J.
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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.
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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.
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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival / Kathryn J. Atwood.
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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.
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Biographies.
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