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Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific

By Mary Cronk Farrell
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Abrams Imprint Abrams ISBN

9781419710285

Awards and Honors Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2014, Nonfiction; Booklist Editors’ Choice 2014, Nonfiction, Older Readers; 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List, Middle Grade, Nonfiction; Capitol Choices 2015

Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific

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Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Medical: Graphic Descriptions,Sexual Content: Reference/Discussion,Violence: Graphic Descriptions

Under threat of attack from the Japanese—and later, in captivity—U.S. military nurses in the Philippines continued their work despite few medical supplies and no food. Foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans, ANC RVN. Glossary. List of nurses. Select time line. Endnotes. Bibliography. Web-site resources. Index. Black-and-white and full-color maps, photographs, and reproductions of artifacts.
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