We Band of Angels
Subtitle: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
Publisher: Atria
Published: May 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780671787189
Subjects: Philippines; United States; Military - World War II; Military History - World War II; Women In The Military; Women's Studies - History; History; History - Military / War; Prisoners of war; History: World; Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; Asia - General; History / Military / World War II; World War, 1939-1945; 20th century; Medical care
First sentence: IN THE FALL of 1941, while the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy secretly stockpiled tons of materiel and readied regiments of troops to attack American and European bases in the Pacific, the officers of General Douglas MacArthur's Far East Command in the Philippines pampered themselves with the sweet pleasures of colonial life.