They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II

by Kathi Jackson

Book Overview

With the insight and intimacy of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could have made more money as civilians, thousands chose to leave the security of home to care for the young men who went off to war. They were not saints...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803276273
• ISBN13: 9780803276277
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"