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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
by Elizabeth M. Norman
- HISTORY
- 2000
- PAPER
- 352 PAGES
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A tribute to the group of nurses that gave care to wounded soldiers in the jungles of Bataan during World War II. Forced out of their comfortable surroundings in Manila by Japanese invasion, these nurses, and the soldiers they cared for, spent years in the Philippine wilderness fighting off starvation and disease. A true story of heroism.
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