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In the early 1940s, young women enlisted for peacetime duty as U.S. Army nurses. But 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. Pure Grit is a story of sisterhood and suffering, of tragedy and betrayal, of death and life. The women cared for one another, maintained discipline, and honored their vocation to nurse anyone in need - all 101 coming home alive.



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Mary Cronk Farrell

I'm a former TV journalist now writing books for young people. I tell the stories of little-known women whose strength and courage helped shape our history. My work aims to shine a light in shadowy forgotten corners and empower us all to use our voices, and to work constructively for what we believe.?My books earned starred reviews and are named on lists for the Notable Social Studies Books for Young People, Bank Street College Best Children's Books, NY Public Library Best Books for Teens and the Amelia Bloomer Project . Awards include the SPUR Award for Best Juvenile Fiction and a nomination for the Washington State Book Award. Each of my books started with a discovery, an unexpected find of a historical person or persons that I think everyone should know about. My newest book, Close Up On War is no exception. ??CLOSE UP ON WAR AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW



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