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Author Atwood, Kathryn J.

Title Women heroes of World War II : the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance, rescue, sabotage, and survival / Kathryn J. Atwood.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Teen New Books  Y940.53 ATWOOD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.53092 ATWOOD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5309 ATW    DUE 05-11-24
Description xix, 235 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents China -- Peggy Hull: in a war zone -- Minnie Vautrin: American hero at the Nanking Massacre -- Gladys Aylward: "All China is a battlefield" -- The United States and the Philippines -- Elizabeth MacDonald: Pearl Harbor reporter and OSS agent -- Denny Williams: Nurse under fire -- Margaret Utinsky: The Miss U network -- Yay Panlilio: Guerilla writer -- Claire Phillips: Spy singer -- Maria Rosa Henson: Guerilla courier and "comfort woman" -- Mayala, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies -- Sybil Kathigasu: "This was war" -- Elizabeth Choy: "Justice will triumph" -- Vivian Bullwinkel: Sole survivor -- Helen Coljin: Rising above -- Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- Jane Kendeign: Flight nurse -- Dickey Chapelle: "As far forward as you'll let me."
Summary Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.
Subject World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Juvenile literature.
Military participation -- Female. (OCoLC)fst01353719
Underground movements, War. (OCoLC)fst01355184
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Pacific Area. (OCoLC)fst01243504
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9781613731680 (cloth ; alk. paper)
161373168X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781613731710 (epub)
9781613731697 (Kindle)
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