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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788111303321

Autore

Macdougall Walter Marshall

Titolo

Angel of Bataan : the life of a World War II army nurse in the war zone and at home / / Walter Macdougall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Camden, Maine : , : Down East Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-60893-374-1

1-60893-375-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/7252092

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female

Prisoners of war - Philippines

Nurses - United States

Brownville (Me.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1. WHERE THE PLEASANT RIVER FLOWS; CHAPTER 2. GROWING UP IN BROWNVILLE; CHAPTER 3. THE FAR-OFF MAKING OF A WORLD WAR; CHAPTER 4. BECOMING A LADY WITH A LAMP; CHAPTER 5. WAFTING OF GARDENIA AND THE ERUPTION OF WAR; CHAPTER 6. A WORLD RED WITH BLOOD AND FIRE; CHAPTER 7. BATAAN; CHAPTER 8. CORREGIDOR; CHAPTER 9. SANTO TOMAS; CHAPTER 10. LIBERATION AND HOME; CHAPTER 11. LIMELIGHT; CHAPTER 12. NEW WINGS AND DELUGE; CHAPTER 13. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW; CHAPTER 14. AND YET THE DANCE; EPILOGUE; NOTES