BOOKS
Combat nurses of world war II

Publisher: Random House,


Title Details
  • Combat nurses of world war II
Publishers
  • New York : Random House,c1967.
Descriptions
  • [vi], 184 p. :ill. ;22 x 15 cm.
Isbn
    (hardbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Nurses.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Online Sources
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 743.7 .B55 1967
Status Available
Barcode 13572
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
Language Code
  • Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 743.7 .B55 1967
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Blassingame, Wyatt
Title Statement
  • Title - Combat nurses of world war II
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Wyatt Blassingame ; illustrated by Gil Walker
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Random House,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1967.
Physical Description
  • Extent - [vi], 184 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill. ;
  • Dimensions - 22 x 15 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - The story of the courageous young women who served at Pearl Harbor, Corregidor, Anzio, Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and other fighting fronts of the Second World War.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Written for adolescent Americans as part of the Landmark book series, this illustrated volume focuses on the work of American nurses in the battlefields of World War II. Chapter 2 is on nurses in Bataan and Corregidor, with a few pages immediately before on nurses at Clark Field and Manila. There is brief mention, in a later chapter, of their experiences as prisoners of war, and a couple of pages on a nurse who accompanied MacArthur's forces in returning to the Philippines. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Juvenile literature.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Nurses.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Japan.
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Walker, Gil