Военная история / This Is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines

Название: This Is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines
Автор(ы): E. Le Beau Lucchesi
Издательство: Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Год: 2019
ISBN: 978?1-64160?076?7
Страниц: 340
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 68 MB

In January 1940, navy nurse Dorothy Still eagerly anticipated her new assignment at a military hospital in the Philippines. Her first year abroad was an adventure. She dated sailors, attended dances and watched the sparkling evening lights from her balcony. But as 1941 progressed, signs of war became imminent. Military wives and children were shipped home to the states, and the sailors increased their daily drills. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Dorothy and the other nurses braced for a direct assault. When the all-clear sounded, they raced across the yard to the hospital and prepared for the wounded to arrive. In that frantic dash, Dorothy transformed from a navy nurse to a war nurse. Along with the other women on the nursing staff, she provided compassionate, tireless, critical care.