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Dr. Elizabeth M. Norman is an associate professor of nursing and the director of the doctoral program at New York University's Division of Nursing in the School of Education. Her specialty is nursing history. The recipient of many honors and awards, she has written Women at War: The Story of Fifty toon meer Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam and numerous articles. She is married and lives with her husband, Michael, and their two sons, Joshua and Benjamin, in New Jersey. toon minder

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Incredible story and extremely well done. It follows one soldier in particular but you are given background info on many others along the way. This gives you the events leading up to the war, the battle for the Philippines and Bataan, the march, and the life in the POW camps following the march, and even the trials of a couple of the enemy generals.
 
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lieblbiz | 19 andere besprekingen | Aug 30, 2023 |
This is what I wrote in 2008 about this read: "Compelling read. The story of the Army and Navy nurses caught in the Phillipines during WWII, and how their experiences of combat and being prisoners of war affected the remainder of their lives. Nurses treated with reverence, respect. Also provides many insights about the role of women in the military, war, and in society. They were indeed a band of angels."
 
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MGADMJK | 17 andere besprekingen | Jul 31, 2023 |
Hjónin Elizabeth og Michael Norman skrifa ákaflega hjartnæma en um leið grimmilega frásögn í riti sínu Tears in the Darkness; The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath. Þau lýsa hér undanhaldi herja Bandaríkjamanna og Filipseyinga undan hersveitum Japan og hörmuglegri fangavist bandarísku hermannanna í kjölfarið.
Þau byggja frásögnina á sögu Bill Steele, bandarísks hermanns, allt frá upphafsárum hans í Bandaríkjunum til endurhæfingar og tilraunar til að öðlast eðlilegt líf eftir stríðið.
Sagan er byggð á fjölda viðtala við einstaklinga frá þeim þeim herjum sem áttust við í Kyrrahafsstríðinu og borgurum þjóðanna. Þau fella yfirleitt ekki dóma yfir framferði einstaklinga, jafnvel ekki japanskra illvirkja, heldur benda t.d. á hvernig japanski herinn barði nýliða sína miskunnarlaust til hlýðni þar til þeir annað hvort brotnuðu niður og frömdu sjálfsmorð eða tóku þátt í að berja næstu nýliða. Þetta var stríðsvél sem framleiddi miskunnarlausa hrotta. Það er þó athyglisvert að Norman-hjónin gagnrýna yfirhershöfðingja Bandaríkjamanna, Douglas McArthur, harkalega fyrir vanmat, undirbúningsleysi og fyrir að hafa flúið frá hermönnum sínum sem mættu örlögum sínum í Filippseyjum.
Þetta er vel skrifuð saga, hjartnæm og ég mæli eindregið með henni.
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SkuliSael | 19 andere besprekingen | Apr 28, 2022 |
Wonderful scholarly recounting of the experiences of the Army and Navy nurse POWs of the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. The best book on this topic. Author did numerous oral history interviews so there are some great individual stories. Author does a good job of bringing these women to life - describing their physical appearance, lives before the entered the ANC and their lives afterword and how the experience impacted on the rest of their lives.
 
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