
In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and dinners under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs began raining down...


Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as a "grippingly told" story of "power and relevance," here is the true, untold account of the first American women to prove their mettle under combat conditions. Later, during three years of brutal captivity at the hands of the Japanese,...



An award-winning story of power and relevance (The New York Times Book Review) that offers the true account of the first American women to prove their mettle in three years of brutal captivity as POWs in the Philippines during World War II. of photos.
