Enduring What Cannot Be Endured: Memoir of a Woman Medical Aide in the Philippines in World War II

by Dorothy Dore Dowlen

Dorothy Dore was born in the Philippines to a British father who served there in the Spanish American War, and to a Filipina mestiza mother. This young woman was attending an exclusive private school when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941. The Japanese Imperial Army made a swift invasion of the Philippines, and Dorothy's life became a nightmare. As recounted in this moving memoir, Dorothy studied nursing so that she could support the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786408510
• ISBN13: 9780786408511
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher