Advance praise for We Band of Angels
"From diaries, letters and interviews with aging survivors,
Elizabeth Norman has filled in a vital but missing chapter in the
history of World War II: the stunning heroism of women. Bombing
raids. Malaria. Starvation. Capture. Survival. Here is the
little-known story of the Army and Navy nurses caught in the brutal
retreat of U.S. forces from Manila to Bataan to Corregidor, and
eventually to three years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. It is
as inspiring as it is horrific."
--Linda Bird Francke
"Elizabeth Norman brings a powerful new voice to the nonfiction
literature of war, combining first-rate reportage with a lyrical
narrative style to present an unforgettable story of courage and
character. We Band of Angels is at once a terrific read and a
classic study of human behavior under extreme duress, seen from the
perspective of women nurses held captive under the harshest
conditions imaginable in the jungles of the Philippines during
World War II. These nurses were independent, professional and
fearless long before American society encouraged such behavior in
women. They saw the worst of war, and, thanks to Norman's
masterpiece, their heroism can be forgotten no more."
--David Maraniss
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