Bibliograph

Pure grit, how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific, Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans

Type

Label

Pure grit, how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific, Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Age Range: 10 - 16 years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pure grit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

844245331

Responsibility statement

Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans

Sub title

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

Summary

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification