We Band of Angels Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Elizabeth M. Norman
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
157

We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman Book Summary

In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and dinners under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs began raining down on American bases in Luzon, and this paradise became a fiery hell. Caught in the raging battle, the nurses set up field hospitals in the jungles of Bataan and the tunnels of Corregidor, where they tended to the most devastating injuries of war, and suffered the terrors of shells and shrapnel.
 
But the worst was yet to come. After Bataan and Corregidor fell, the nurses were herded into internment camps where they would endure three years of fear, brutality, and starvation. Once liberated, they returned to an America that at first celebrated them, but later refused to honor their leaders with the medals they clearly deserved. Here, in letters, diaries, and riveting firsthand accounts, is the story of what really happened during those dark days, woven together in a deeply affecting saga of women in war.
 
Praise for We Band of Angels
 
“Gripping . . . a war story in which the main characters never kill one of the enemy, or even shoot at him, but are nevertheless heroes . . . Americans today should thank God we had such women.”—Stephen E. Ambrose
 
“Remarkable and uplifting.”—USA Today
 
“[Elizabeth M. Norman] brings a quiet, scholarly voice to this narrative. . . . In just a little over six months these women had turned from plucky young girls on a mild adventure to authentic heroes. . . . Every page of this history is fascinating.”—Carolyn See, The Washington Post
 
“Riveting . . . poignant and powerful.”—The Dallas Morning News
 
Winner of the Lavinia Dock Award for historical scholarship, the American Academy of Nursing National Media Award, and the Agnes Dillon Randolph Award

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Book Name We Band of Angels
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Much more than expected.. I found that once I started this book, I could barely stand to put it down to either eat or sleep. It is an astonishing chronicle of lives interrupted and seriously endangered, and of steadfast dedication and compassion of military nurses under the very worst conditions imaginable. Young women, just like the young men of their generation, were rudely shaken out of their surrounding paradise and into the hell of war. I am so very glad I was able to read their story, a story told so well by the author, and I highly recommend it to those who have an interest in rounding out their historical knowledge and appreciation of the Philippine campaign of WWII.

Strength of nurses in war. From from an idyllic assignment in Luzon to Corregidor, and everywhere in between nurses were present at all of those places, even on the Batten death march, they all survived by their wits and ingenuity highly recommend this read to anyone interested in history, particularly in nursing.

We Band of Angels by Elizabeth Norman. Excellent reading! Very well written. Extremely thorough and very insightful. Norman has done her homework.

We Band of Angels. It’s hard to think about these women not receiving the well deserved recognition for their dedicated service while in the Philippines during WWII. I am so ashamed of Wainwright for not honoring them “because they were women”. What a selfish jerk.

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The We Band of Angels book written by Elizabeth M. Norman was published on 20 April 1999, Tuesday in the History category. A total of 157 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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