TY - BOOK AU - Norman,Elizabeth M. TI - We band of angels: the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese SN - 0375502459 (acid-free paper) AV - D807.U6 N58 1999 U1 - 940.54/7573 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Medical care KW - United States KW - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese KW - Prisoners of war KW - Philippines KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Nurses KW - World War II KW - history KW - Military Nursing KW - Prisoners KW - War N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-292) and index; Waking up to war -- Manila cannot hold -- Jungle hospital #1 -- The sick, the wounded, the work of war -- Waiting for the help that never came -- "There must be no thought of surrender" -- Bataan falls: the wounded are left in their beds -- Corregidor: the last stand -- A handful go home -- In enemy hands -- Santo Thomas -- STIC, the first year, 1942 -- Los Banos, 1943 -- Eating weeds fried in cold cream, 1944 -- And the gates came crashing down -- "Home,. We're really home." -- Aftermath -- Across the years ER -