01563cam a2200337 i 4500 498000403 TxAuBib 20150914120000.0 130520s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013017134 9781419710285 2495 1419710281 2495 DLC eng DLC rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Farrell, Mary Cronk. Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans. Harry N Abrams Inc, 2014. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148) and index. A tribute to the American nurses trapped in the Philippines by the attack on Pearl Harbor describes the harrowing conditions under which they treated soldiers before being captured and forced to endure starvation and disease for three years. 20150914. Nurses. Military nursing History. World War, 1939-1945 Medical care. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Philippines. Prisoners of war.