By Mary Cronk Farrell
PURE GRIT: HOW AMERICAN WWII NURSES SURVIVED BATTLE AND PRISON CAMP IN THE PACIFIC is a story that was almost lost forever.
Oral histories recorded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army Nurse Corp became indispensable to Read More
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WWII PACIFIC RESEARCH ON U.S. NURSES IN PHILIPPINES
March 1, 2014
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March 01, 2014 1:12 PM EST
http://flip.it/DOlmp added to my emagazine World war II Discoveries & Recoveries. while veiwable in browser is looks better on ipad or kindles Flipboard app. looking forward to reading.
- lonnie martin
March 02, 2014 7:30 AM EST
Thanks for hosting me, Christine! I got your book last week! Can't wait to read it!
- Mary Cronk Farrell
March 02, 2014 9:35 AM EST
Thanks so much for the blog article, Mary. Now that it is released (March 1) I can't wait from my copy to arrive. (I buy on-line through B&N.) Great topic! My sister is a geriatrics nurse and I applaud nurses everywhere for their dedication to helping people, despite the difficulties. >< >< >< >< (applause!)<br>
- Christine Kohler
March 02, 2014 9:41 AM EST
Lonnie Martin, thank you so much for adding this article info to your e-zine WWII Discoveries & Recoveries! The flip art style of the 'zine is really clever. It gives the feeling of reading a print 'zine. Here's the link again, folks: https://flipboard.com/section/world-war-ii-discoveries-b0k81V<br><br>I'll give this WWII resource a Shout Out on other network sites. <br>Mahalo! <br>Christine<br>
- Christine Kohler
March 13, 2014 10:46 AM EDT
Newspaper reporters and civic leaders categorized the nurses in familiar women’s roles, either exaggerating their femininity or imagining salacious behavior. Post-war doctors and psychologists treating POW’s focused on men. No woman had earned the Combat Infantry Badge, and history would remember the men who had. <br><br>The Combat Medical Badge is an award of the United States Army which was first created in January 1945. Any member of the Army Medical Department, at the rank of Colonel or below, who is assigned or attached to a medical unit (company or smaller size) which provides medical support to a ground combat arms unit during any period in which the unit was engaged in active ground combat is eligible for the CMB. <br><br>Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Medical_Badge<br><br>All recipients of the badges during WWII are entitled to the Bronze Star Medal In the nurses' cases, the Bronze Star Medal (First OLC) since all are eligible for the first BSM.
- MSgt Robert E. Johnson, USAF, Retired
March 16, 2014 8:11 PM EDT
MSgt (ret) Robert Johnson, thank you for adding additional information to this important conversation. <br><br>[My apologies for delying on approving and commenting. I'm at the Tucson Festival of Books.]
- Christine Kohler