Title

We band of angels : the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese

Description

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine Army and Navy nurses who were captured when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the American bases located in the Philippines.

Identifier

793492

375502459

Creator

Norman, Elizabeth M

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1999

Program air date: August 15, 1999

Publisher

Random House

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers, fly sheet and back free endpaper: My husband of 26 years memory of the battlefield every day p 266. Michael Norman a writer, home Montclair, N.J., sons Joshua/Benjamin. Ruth Straub's diary. 1. Emotive pessimist Ruth Straub; 2. Stoic-Maude Davison; 3. Sentimentalist--Dorthea Mae Daley; 4. Clear eyed realist-Eleanor Garen. Gorreyador [i.e. Corregidor]-the tunnel hos. Bataan Hospital #1, Hospital #2. Spoke with 20 omen--77 captured, many dies. Thurs. Jully 22 2 pm. Where did you get the title--We Band of Angels. Bataan--First major battle of WWII--First women subjected to combat in Army. War Plan Orange 3. At Bataan--hunger and diseases--nature was the killer. Malaria, dysentery, dengue fever, gas gangrene. Give us a profile of Gen MacArthur in 41-42 Gen Jonathan Skiing Wainwright. When captured--p 137 Mrs. Menzie, Tojo the monkey. By March Hos #1 1-1500 patients; Hos #2--3000 patients. Nightengale Pledge--p 85 a credo of care. Rape of Nanking (1937)-mentioned often. Major Davidson-Distinguished Service Metal [i.e. Distinguished Service Medal], Legion of Merit. Oct. 20, 1944-Leyte Gulf beginning of liberation of Phil. So proudly we hail. Chapter 7 Bataan Falls--Bataan Death March. All nurses told to leave for Corregidor, the most costly wartime loss in single battle in American History. 78,000 Americans and Filipinos surrendered. Planned walk 19 miles--in fact 3xs that. 72,000 men started the trek, 54,000 reached end. Ethyle Mae Taft Mercado-left on Bataan-raped. Malinta Tunnels--3 1/2 miles & 1 1/2 miles--island Corregidor. April 26--2 Bombs lobbed from Bataan p 101. PBY seaplanes--evacuated 20 nurses p 105. The Spearfish--11 nurses evacuated p 108. After returning home--medals. Utter nonsense--N.Y. Times Mag 124. Films--portrayal of nurses. p 125. *Statement why government would not allow truth to be told in a movie about Bataan and Cor. p 128. Lamb checks selected sections on the Contents pages. Notes and underlinings: Extensive notes and underlinings begin with the author's inspiration, prior projects. Difficulties interviewing nurses. Conditions in the Philippines, Hospitals, lives of nurses prior to Pearl Harbor. Bombing. Nurses' background, family, details on internment camp at Santo Tomas University. Population and troop levels. Generals MacArthur and Marshall. Women in the military, physical, mental challenges, diseases, insects, other health issues, privacy, moral. News accounts of Bataan, evacuations. Life as prisoners, rescue, reception at home.

Subject

"World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States."

"World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese."

"Prisoners of war--Philippines--History--20th century."

"Nurses--United States--History--20th century."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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