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Title: All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese by Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee ISBN: 0-8131-9061-4 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating but flawed history
Comment: I ordered this book for the story of the Guam nurses. I found it a very important addition to the history of military women, WWII in the Pacific and POWs. But I also found some basic factual errors in the part of the story I know something about; the invasion of Guam. Read this fascinating book for the personal stories and details of war/POW experiences, but check the military/historical details in other books. The writing is somewhat difficult to wade through and the appendices confused me. The titles of the tables imply that they cover all the women POWs written about, but (except for the listing of Guam nurses) they do not appear to include the Guam POWs. I finally decided that the one listing ages shows their age at release. (Some were surprisingly old - in their 50s, few in their 20s.) In all a very interesting topic that deserves wider recognition.
Rating: 3
Summary: There is hell and then there is hell
Comment: While it is horrible how our nurses were treated as POWs, by this account they lived in relative safety and comfort compared to their male counterparts where many were killed for sport, used for medical experiments, etc. While the facts are shocking, they reinforce the story given me by a Swiss friend who was also interred by the Japanese in the Philippines. I found the book difficult to read not due to content but rather due to writing style.
Rating: 5
Summary: I thought I knew...
Comment: I thought I knew about Bataan and Corregidor before I read ALL THIS HELL. I thought I knew what it meant to be civilized. I thought I knew the meaning of the words depravity and atrocity. I thought I knew the meaning of the words courage, bravery and heroism. I thought I knew the meaning of the word, Hell. But there is the Hell you see, the Hell you may be able to escape and the Hell that has to be survived. This book should be mandatory reading for all human beings who consider themselves civilized as well all Americans who appreciate our freedom. If you do not appreciate freedom now, you certainly will after reading ALL THIS HELL. After reading this book, when I hear the word, "Veterans", I will always think of women as well as men.
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Title: And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee ISBN: 0375415149 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines by Agnes Jensen Mangerich, Evelyn Monahan, Rosemary L. Neidel ISBN: 0813121094 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: No Time for Fear: Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II by Diane Burke Fessler ISBN: 087013440X Publisher: Michigan State University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman ISBN: 0671787187 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Prisoners in Paradise: American Women in the Wartime South Pacific by Theresa Kaminski ISBN: 0700610030 Publisher: University Press of Kansas Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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