Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific /
"The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Abrams Books for Young Readers,
[2014]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 160 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781419710285 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1419710281 (hardcover : alk. paper) |