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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival

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  • J 940.53 ATWO (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2016]

Physical Description

xix, 235 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

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."

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