Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women heroes of World War II

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

936433166

Responsibility statement

Kathryn J. Atwood

Sub title

the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival

Table Of 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 "comfort woman" -- 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."

Target audience

juvenile

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