We band of angels
Subtitle: the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
By: Elizabeth M. Norman
Edition: 1st Pocket Books trade pbk. [ed.]
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century; Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-292) and index
Table of contents: title: Waking up to war; title: Manila cannot hold; title: Jungle hospital #1; title: The sick, the wounded, the work of war; title: Waiting for the help that never came; title: "There must be no thought of surrender"; title: Bataan falls: the wounded are left in their beds; title: Corregidor: the last stand; title: A handful go home; title: In enemy hands; title: Santo Thomas; title: STIC, the first year, 1942; title: Los Banos, 1943; title: Eating weeds fried in cold cream, 1944; title: And the gates came crashing down; title: "Home,. We're really home."; title: Aftermath; title: Across the years