Series |
Women of action Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) ^A1192407
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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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index. |
LCCN | 2016002794 |
ISBN | 9781613731680 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
ISBN | 161373168X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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