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Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific Cover Image Book Book

Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific

Farrell, Mary Cronk (author.).

Summary: "The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941"--Jacket.

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  • ISBN: 9781419710285
  • ISBN: 1419710281
  • Physical Description: print
    160 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Adventure and romance -- Surprise attack -- No time for fear -- Nurses under fire -- Retreat to the jungle -- Make-do medicine -- Boxed in on Bataan -- Retreat to the rock -- Holing up on Corregidor Island -- Rescued! -- Surrender to the enemy -- Held incommunicado -- Santo Tomas internment camp -- Food? Grow your own -- Hope at last -- Walking skeletons -- Liberation! -- Homecoming -- Forgotten -- Moving on -- Recognition at last.

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      Headquarters Library 		J 940.5475 FARRELL, MARY CRONK ( Send Text)
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