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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival
Publication Information
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2016]
Physical Description
xix, 235 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Series
Summary
Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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: Spy singer
- 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: Flight nurse
- Dickey Chapelle: "As far forward as you'll let me."
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements.