We Band of Angels

The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan

De: Elizabeth M. Norman

Narrado por: Dina Pearlman

Duración: 11 h y 54 m

Resumen del Editor

We Band of Angels is the story of women searching for adventure, caught up in the drama and danger of war. On the same day the Japanese Imperial Navy launched its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, it also struck American bases in the Far East, chief among them the Philippines. That raid led to the first major land battle for America in World War II and, in the end, to the largest defeat and surrender of American forces. Caught up in all of this were 99 Army and Navy nurses - the first unit of American women ever sent into the middle of a battle. The "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" - as the newspapers called them - became the only group of American women captured and imprisoned by an enemy. And the story of their trials on a bloody battlefield, their desperate flight to avoid capture and their ultimate surrender, imprisonment, liberation and homecoming is a story of endurance, professionalism and raw pluck. Along the way, they helped build and staff hospitals in the middle of a malaria-infested jungle on the peninsula of Bataan. Then, short of supplies and medicine, they worked around the clock in the operating rooms and open-air wards, dealing with gaping wounds and gangrenous limbs, ministering to the wounded, the sick, the dying. A few fell in love, only to lose their men to the enemy. Finally, on the tiny island of Corregidor in Manila Bay, the Japanese took them prisoner. For three long years in an internment camp - years marked by loneliness and starvation - they kept to their mission and stuck together. In the end, it was this loyalty, this sense of purpose, womanhood and honor, that both challenged and saved them.

Through interviews with survivors and through unpublished letters, diaries, and journals, Elizabeth M. Norman vividly re-creates that time, telling the story in richly drawn portraits and in a dramatic narrative delivered in the voices of the women who were there.

©1999 Elizabeth Norman (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Fabulous

I thoroughly enjoyed this #WWII story. I have never heard such a detailed accounting of #combatnurses in the #pacifictheatre. The story features a #strong #femaleprotagonist and the audio narration was very well done. #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

Bravo

Fantastic story and written well. A story we should not forget. Narrator brings it to life.

Moving

A remarkable telling of the horrors that a group of nurses, and those souls around them experienced. During and after Pearl Harbor was bombed, this band of soldier nurses in the Philippines along with their patients suffered the unimaginable.

Never Knew About These Brave Women

I really enjoyed this book. It was well written and kept my attention. I really grew to enjoy the women and their individual stories. It ended in a great way too, telling where they ended up after the war.

We owe a great deal to these unsung heroes. I wonder if their descendants know what heroes they were.

Great History Sacrifice and Coursge

WWII nurses were amazing- dedicated. Courageous and giving. Wonderful account and story of their sacrifice for this country, America’s Greatest Generation indeed..

Enthralling

As a nurse I was more proud of my profession after hearing the story of these amazing women. I also found out one of these Angels was from a town a few miles from my hometown. Ann Bernatitus, Captain, Exeter, Pa. Well done.

Honor to these Angels

I have so enjoyed listening to this account of the heroism these women exhibited in the early days of WWII. May they forever rest in the peace they so richly deserve. May God bless and keep them.

Wonderful story of on the Nurses of WWII

When I first purchased this book, I did not think it would be new material for me. I was interested because of being a nurse by profession and also being a veteran. What a powerful and heartwarming story about the Belle's of Bataan. I laughed and cried, living through some of the heartaches that they suffered and overcame. I will be listening to this book over and over.

Amazing

What they went through and how they lived on after World War 2 is amazing and inspiring

Incredibly inspiring

Great women!!
Great read!
Great history lesson!
Such inspiring women! It’s too bad they did not get the recognition they deserved.