They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II

Bison Books, 2006-03-01. Paperback. Good. University of Nebraska Press / Bison Books [Published Date: 2006]. Soft cover, 211 pp. Reprint edition. In good+ condition. Glossy pictorial soft covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Previous owner's gift inscriptions on half-title page. One page has a bracket around a paragraph in ink. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Includes 10 pages of black and white photo reproductions and a substantial bibliography. Contents include: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!; From Whites to Fatigues; Following the Troops; The Pacific Theater; The Mediterranean Theater; The European Theater; The China-Burma-India Theater; The United States and Western Atlantic Minor Theaters; Wild Blue Yonder; Life at Sea; Camaraderie and Romance; Leaving a Legacy; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. [from back cover] With the insight and intimacy of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could have made more money as civilians, thousands chose to leave the security of home to care for the young men who went off to war. They were not saints but vibrant women whose performance changed both military and civilian nursing. Kathi Jackson's account follows army and navy nurses from the time they joined the military, through their active service, to their lives today. They Called Them Angels presents the stories of women who lived under extraordinary circumstances in an extraordinary time, women who even today bear emotional scars along with lasting pride.