Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans.

Author: Farrell, Mary Cronk.

Imprint:New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Description160 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Note:Introduction -- Adventure and romance -- Surprise attack -- No time for fear -- Nurses under fire -- Retreat to the jungle -- Make-do medicine -- Boxed in on Bataan -- Retreat to the rock -- Holing up on Corregidor Island -- Rescued! -- Surrender to the enemy -- Held incommunicado -- Santo Tomas internment camp -- Food? Grow your own -- Hope at last -- Walking skeletons -- Liberation! -- Homecoming -- Forgotten -- Moving on -- Recognition at last.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) and index.

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