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Angels of Bataan
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The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan" were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines (1941 42). When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as a nursing unit throughout their status as prisoners of war. After years of hardship, they were finally liberated in February 1945.
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The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan" were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42). When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as a nursing unit throughout their status as prisoners of war. After years of hardship, they were finally liberated in February 1945.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- Sprache Englisch
- Untertitel Army Medical Department (United States), Pacific War, Philippines Campaign (1941-1942), Prisoner of war, Wilma Leona Jackson, Agnes Newton Keith, Day Joyce Sheet, Paradise Road
- Titel Angels of Bataan
- ISBN 978-613-0-26494-9
- Format Fachbuch
- EAN 9786130264949
- Jahr 2009
- Größe H220mm x B150mm x T6mm
- Gewicht 173g
- Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 104
- Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
- Genre Geschichte
- GTIN 09786130264949