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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival /

Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atwood, Kathryn J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2016]
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945.)
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements.
Military participation > Female.
Underground movements, War.
Women.
Pacific Area.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Asia.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Australia & Oceania.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars.
1939-1945
1939-1945.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
Table of 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."