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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival / Kathryn J. Atwood.

Author/creator Atwood, Kathryn J. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
Copyright Notice ©2017
Descriptionxix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Women of action
Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) ^A1192407
Contents China -- Peggy Hull: in a war zone -- Minnie Vautrin: American hero at the Nanking Massacre -- Gladys Aylward: "All China is a battlefield" -- The United States and the Philippines -- Elizabeth MacDonald: Pearl Harbor reporter and OSS agent -- Denny Williams: Nurse under fire -- Margaret Utinsky: The Miss U network -- Yay Panlilio: Guerilla writer -- Claire Phillips: Manila agent -- Maria Rosa Henson: Guerilla courier and rape survivor -- Mayala, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies -- Sybil Kathigasu: "This was war" -- Elizabeth Choy: "Justice will triumph" -- Vivian Bullwinkel: Sole survivor -- Helen Coljin: Rising above -- Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- Jane Kendeign: Navy flight nurse -- Dickey Chapelle: "As far forward as you'll let me."
Abstract Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
LCCN 2016002794
ISBN9781613731680 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN161373168X (cloth ; alk. paper)
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