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Title: ANGELS OF MERCY : The Army Nurses of World War II by Betsy Kuhn ISBN: 0-689-82044-5 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing!
Comment: I assumed I would be receiving an "academic" book discussing the lives of US nurses during World War II. Instead, it was simply a "coffee table" book full of mostly pictures. I would recommend "We Band of Angels" to a reader that wishes to learn more about the sacrifices of the brave women who fought as nurses during World War II.
Rating: 5
Summary: Women of Courage and Bravery
Comment: Even though I am only a girl of twelve I felt very moved by this book. I felt as if I wanted to do the things that they did. This book did a wonderful job describing what women as nurses in the Red Cross did during WWII. It shows women can do just as good as men. This book recognizes lots of bravery and courage from the women in combat zones. These women faced many hardships and challenges and over came them.
I think that people of today should give more recognition to the nurses and WASPs of WWII and that is what this book has done. They give me courage to do things I didn't think I could do. If you enjoy this book you might enjoy On Silver Wings as I have.
Rating: 4
Summary: A valuable book
Comment: If anything (other than high budget movies) could make WWII more realistic to young adults, this book can. I found this book in the adult WWII section of my library, even though the book is marketed for young adults. I grabbed this book because it was one of very few books on the shelf that is less about war strategy and more about human interest. This book made the war real to me in a way that no other war book has, and taught me about the sacrifices of a group of women, as a whole, that so often do not get the credit they deserve.
Personal accounts of daily life as an army nurse are what make this book so good. It is easy to identify with a young woman who joins the Army Nurse Corps to "see the world" - and sees more of it than she bargains for. Young people particularly have difficulties seeing the war as anything more than pages at the back of a high school history book or stories told by grandparents around the dinner table. This book provides a very human aspect of the war to which young people can relate today.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants an account of the remarkable human struggles during this war.
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Title: No Time for Fear: Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II by Diane Burke Fessler, Dianne Burke Fessler ISBN: 087013440X Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: And If I Perish : Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by EVELYN MONAHAN, ROSEMARY NEIDEL-GREENLEE ISBN: 0375415149 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: G. I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II by Barbara Brooks Tomblin ISBN: 0813190797 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Nurses at the Front: Writing the Wounds of the Great War by Margaret R. Higonnet, Ellen Newbold LA Motte, Mary Borden ISBN: 1555534848 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Quiet Heroes: Navy Nurses of the Korean War 1950-1953 by Frances Omori, Daniel K. Inouye, Raymond Davis ISBN: 0961522186 Publisher: Smith House Pubns Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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