All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese

All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese

""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it happened to us. People should know what we endured. People should know what we can endure.""â€•Lt. Col. Madeline Ullom More than one hundred U.S. Army and Navy nurses were stationed in Guam and the Philippines at the beginning of World War II. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, five navy nurses on Guam became the first American military women of World War II to be taken prisoner by the Japanese. More than seventy army nurses survived five months of combat conditions in the jungles of Bataan and Corregidor before being captured, only to endure more than three years in prison camps. When freedom came, the U.S. military ordered the nurses to sign agreements with the government not to discuss their horrific experiences. Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have conducted numerous interviews with survivors and scoured archives for letters, diaries, and journals to uncover the heroism and sacrifices of these brave women.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Kentucky
Manufacturer University Press of Kentucky
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 2346967
ReleaseDate 2003-07-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780813190617

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Kentucky
Manufacturer	University Press of Kentucky
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	2346967
ReleaseDate	2003-07-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780813190617

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