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Author Farrell, Mary Cronk.

Title Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  940.547573 FAR    AVAILABLE
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Description 160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Summary "The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.
Subject Nurses -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.
Prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines.
ISBN 9781419710285 (hardcover)
1419710281 (hardcover)
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