Women Heroes of World War II--The Pacific Theater: 15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival Volume 18

by Kathryn J. Atwood

Book Overview

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017

Glamorous American singer Claire Phillips opened a nightclub in manila, using the earnings to secretly feed starving American POWs. She also began working as a spy, chatting up Japanese military men and passing their secrets along to local guerrilla resistance fighters. Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, stationed in Singapore, then shipwrecked in the the Dutch East Indies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161373168X
• ISBN13: 9781613731680
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12