| Description |
xv, 327 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Waking up to war -- Manila cannot hold -- Jungle hospital #1 -- The sick, the wounded, the work of war -- Waiting for the help that never came -- "There must be no thought of surrender" -- Bataan falls: the wounded are left in their beds -- Corregidor: the last stand -- A handful go home -- In enemy hands -- Santo Thomas -- STIC, the first year, 1942 -- Los Banos, 1943 -- Eating weeds fried in cold cream, 1944 -- And the gates came crashing down -- "Home,. We're really home." -- Aftermath -- Across the years. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
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Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Prisoners -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0671787187 (pbk.) |
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