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Doss, Desmond 1919-2006 Medal of Honor Nurses United States History 20th century Prisoners of war Philippines History 20th century United States United States. Army Medical personnel Biography World War, 1939-1945 Conscientious objectors United States Biography World War, 1939-1945 Medical care United States World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, JapaneseHerndon, Booton.
Summary: The men of the 77th Infantry Division couldn't fathom why Private Desmond T. Doss would venture into the horrors of World War II without a single weapon to defend himself. They called him a coward, but the soft--spoken medic insisted that his mission was to heal, not kill. Herndon shares the story of how Doss became the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Remnant Publications 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5481 GRELambert, Ray (Arnold Ray)
Summary: "Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAMBERT, RAY LAMLineberry, Cate.
Summary: Recounts how the passengers and crew of an American medical evacuation plane, including thirteen nurses and thirteen medics, survived after it crashed in Nazi-controlled Albania in November, 1943, until they could be rescued.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2013
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Summary: "In the winter of 1941, as Japanese bombs began to fall on Luzon, American Army and Navy nurses stationed in the Philippines suddenly found themselves caught in a fiery hell of war. Undaunted, they did everything in their power to aid the soldiers, setting up much needed field hospitals in the jungles of Bataan and the tunnels of Corregidor, where they tended to the most devastating injuries of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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Summary: Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine Army and Navy nurses who were captured when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the American bases located in the Philippines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.547 NORFessler, Diane Burke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1996