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rangerrebew

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Angels of Bataan: The WWII Nurses Who Stayed Behind
« on: February 02, 2022, 03:06:20 pm »
 Angels of Bataan: The WWII Nurses Who Stayed Behind
by SOFREP 1 day ago
 

In the midst of a triumphal Japan marching across the Pacific in the early days of 1942, they stood tall, proud, and cared for over 27,000 American military prisoners of war in undersupplied internment camps. These heroes were 77 American nurses and one nurse-anesthetist from the United States Army Nurse Corps, and the United States Navy Nurse Corps deployed to the Philippines – otherwise known as the “Angels of Bataan.”

Why were they the Angels of Bataan? Besides being prisoners of war themselves, they fought through years of starvation and maltreatment while nursing thousands of soldiers after the Fall of Manila and the Fall of Bataan from 1941 to 1945.

Military nurses don’t get enough credit for their work during the war, so let’s give their story some measure of the attention it deserves.

Nurses During The Fall of the Philippines

https://sofrep.com/news/angels-of-bataan-the-wwii-nurses-who-stayed-behind/

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Re: Angels of Bataan: The WWII Nurses Who Stayed Behind
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2022, 03:07:45 pm »
Nurses don't get the credit they are due. :patriot: :patriot:

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Re: Angels of Bataan: The WWII Nurses Who Stayed Behind
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2022, 03:11:37 pm »
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Despite the odds, all 77 American military nurses and one nurse anesthetist survived the war. They were awarded the Bronze Star for Valor and the Presidential Unit Citation for their extraordinary service during dire circumstances.

That is incredible.
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