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Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival  Cover Image Book Book

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

Atwood, Kathryn J. (Author).

Summary: Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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  • ISBN: 161373168X
  • ISBN: 9781613731680
  • Physical Description: xix, 235 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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."
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 Women Biography Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Area Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Juvenile literature

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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