An edition of Women heroes of World War II
(2011)
Women heroes of World War II
the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival
by Kathryn J. Atwood
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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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Juvenile literature, Female Participation, Underground movements, World War, 1939-1945, Women, World war, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, juvenile literature, Oceania, juvenile literature, World war, 1939-1945, biography, Women, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literaturePlaces
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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".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
789Y Childrens Plus, Inc.
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