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IN THE FALL of 1941, while the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy secretly stockpiled tons of materiel and readied regiments of troops to attack American and European bases in the Pacific, the officers of General Douglas MacArthur's Far East Command in the Philippines pampered themselves with the sweet pleasures of colonial life. Read the first page
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IN THE FALL of 1941, while the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy secretly stockpiled tons of materiel and readied regiments of troops to attack American and European bases in the Pacific, the officers of General Douglas MacArthur's Far East Command in the Philippines pampered themselves with the sweet pleasures of colonial life. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Here is potential for a great book. WWII. Unsung heroes. Jungle, jungle rot, politics,bombing, snakes, starvation, etc. It's all there and the book reads like freshman English pumped up. Those 5-star reviews have to be good friends. Shame on Random House.
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An incredible story presented by a remarkable story teller! I purchased this book to give to a friend as a gift. I couldn't resist reading it first. It is a gripping story about the experiences of 99 army and navy nurses who were trapped in the Phillipines by the Japanese shortly after Pearl Harbor. The personality of each nurse emerges as the human spirit is confronted with the challenges of daily survival during battles, escapes, disasterous living conditions and caring for the casualties of war. Oral histories, photographs, diaries and sound research are incorporated into a well paced narrative to make this book a real page turner. Elizabeth Norman is a gifted historian. As a nurse, I enthusiastically recommend this book to nurses; and those on the journey to becoming a nurse. CB Flores, President, New Orleans District Nurses Association
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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With so much pressure on historians to be dry and quiet, it is thrilling to read a really great, action-packed story full of real heroes (not heroines in the classic sense who faint and wring their tiny hands at the first sign of chaos) and honest to God danger. These women are representative of our gender today as much as they were when sunning themselves on the beaches of the Phillipines, or quieting the screams of men who were wounded and dying, while slowly decaying themselves. Because honor is timeless, and because readers know the truth when they read it and feel the passion of characters who do things we are not sure but hope that we would do in similar situations, I predict that Elizabeth Norman's book will be a huge success. It is not just the story of nurses in war, it is the story of women throughout history.
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A must for your reading list!
This is a gripping story of the nurses and their experiences during the Japanese takeover of Corregidor and Batan. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 1999
Dr. Norman has personalized events in the South Pacific.
WE BAND OF ANGELS is a concise and reviting historical document that at long last captures the truth behind the Army and Navy nurses who led American womanhood into battle. Dr. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 1999
At last the true - and complete - story of the Bataan Nurses
This is, quite simply, the best book of military history written since "Citizen Soldiers." Dr. Read more
Published on 15 May 1999
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