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Overview

"You Are Needed Now," the posters proclaimed. "Join the Army Nurse Corps." And so they did: Over 59,000 American women signed up to serve their country in the war effort. Some joined expecting to experience the romance and adventure of war in faraway places while working to save lives. Many more quickly learned war's harsh realities — and that their own lives could also be in danger.

The Army nurses of World War II served in the United States and abroad, in dense jungles, war-torn villages, and on barren ice fields. Many encountered hardships: bombings, crude living conditions, inadequate food. They also experienced the frustration of receiving lesser ...

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Overview

"You Are Needed Now," the posters proclaimed. "Join the Army Nurse Corps." And so they did: Over 59,000 American women signed up to serve their country in the war effort. Some joined expecting to experience the romance and adventure of war in faraway places while working to save lives. Many more quickly learned war's harsh realities — and that their own lives could also be in danger.

The Army nurses of World War II served in the United States and abroad, in dense jungles, war-torn villages, and on barren ice fields. Many encountered hardships: bombings, crude living conditions, inadequate food. They also experienced the frustration of receiving lesser pay and privileges than their male counterparts as they worked, sometimes around the clock, to treat the wounded while confronting air raids, the threat of invasion, and capture by the enemy.

Nonetheless, in additon to their devotion to saving lives, some of the most important things the nurses brought to their units were courage and cheer. From holiday parties in makeshift hospitals to fudge making and softball games amid the grueling conditions of war, these angels of mercy brought light — and life — to the American forces of World War II.

Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses, who brought medical skills, courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.

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A lively blend of narrative and first-hand reminiscences is underserved by its drab appearance. This compelling account of the army nurses of WWII breathes life into an often-overlooked corner of American history. Nearly 60,000 American women signed on to serve as nurses during WWII, and Kuhn (Not Exactly Nashville) interviewed dozens of them, relating their stories here with an eye to the sort of detail that children in particular will savor. She chronicles the grimmest aspects of wartime duty--air raids, deprivation and death, being taken prisoner--but she also includes some surprises. These nurses wash out undies in helmets, whip up a wedding dress out of a parachute and make fudge in a foxhole. The book's chronological framework covers the years between Pearl Harbor and the postwar occupation forces, interweaving episodes from the Pacific Theater to North Africa, the liberation of Dachau and beyond. Unfortunately, the layout is bland and institutional, with gray sidebars and grainy reproductions of period photos and recruiting posters; it doesn't lure an audience to the eminently readable text. Ages 10-up. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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Angels of Mercy: The Army Nurses of World War II by Betsy Kuhn gives an overview of the contribution of over 59,000 women who joined to serve the war effort. These women were sent to the Philippines and some were prisoners of the Japanese for four years. Others were in dense jungles, war-torn villages and on barren ice fields. There were crude living conditions, bombings, and inadequate food, yet they cared for the wounded bringing light and life to them. They received both lesser pay and privileges than their male counterparts yet they worked round the clock to treat the wounded while confronting air raids, the threat of invasion and capture by the enemy. The soldiers remember them for their good cheer and courage. These women deserve our recognition. This book is but a beginning. 1999, Atheneum, Ages 10 up, $18.00. Reviewer: Jan Lieberman
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Gr 6 Up-Kuhn has done a remarkable job of illustrating the diversity of Army nurses' assignments and the breadth of their experiences. Among those profiled are nurses who walked 800 miles to freedom when their plane was shot down over German-occupied Albania, those who were prisoners of war in Manila, and those who helped liberate the concentration camp at Dachau. Sidebars provide information on African-American nurses and women who served on the home front as everything from postal carriers to airplane mechanics. The book also provides a brief overview of the causes of World War II and a short history of Army nurses in prior battles. Excellent reproductions, maps, and a time line accompany the clear, well-written text. Compelling comments from the dozens of women interviewed reveal their despair, fear, camaraderie, and hope, and give the accounts a sense of immediacy. Shaaron Cosner's War Nurses (Walker, 1988) briefly covers women nurses from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam, but is not as comprehensive or as engaging. Angels of Mercy provides a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about a relatively unknown segment of Americans who are often ignored in favor of the better-known soldiers and statesmen.-Leah J. Sparks, Bowie Public Library, MD Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780689820441
  • Publisher: Aladdin
  • Publication date: 10/1/1999
  • Edition description: 1 ED
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 298,465
  • Age range: 10 - 14 Years
  • Lexile: 970L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 0.28 (w) x 8.25 (h) x 11.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Betsy Kuhn, who wanted to write books for children since she was eleven years old, grew up in western Pennsylvania. She became interested in the nurses of World War II from listening to her aunt, June Bossler, and her friend, Alice Weinstein, describe their nursing experiences in England and the Pacific.

Since leaving Pennsylvania, Betsy has lived in England, New Mexico, and Connecticut. She now makes her home in Maryland with her husband and their twin sons. She also has written a children's novel, Not Exactly Nashville.

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The first Army nurses to care for D day casualties were those of the 12th and 13th Hospital Train Units — but they didn't reach Normandy by train. Sailing on two British hospital ships, they arrived off Omaha Beach on June 7 and Utah Beach on June 8, and began caring for the wounded before they were evacuated back to England.

On June 10, long before things had settled down, the nurses of the 128th Evacuation Hospital arrived on Utah Beach. They'd left England the day before, dressed in fatigues. "We didn't take off those clothes for a long time!" Helen Reichert remembers with a laugh.

At dawn, as her ship neared the Normandy shore, Reichert went up on deck to use the bathroom. "This glider [bomb] came down ... and it fell in between our ship and the ship that was next to us and exploded," she says. "It blew in part of our ship."

The nurses sailed to shore on small landing boats, then waded through the water and ran across the beach to safety. The soldiers had laid down a metal track on the sand for tanks and other heavy vehicles, part of the elaborate D day preparations. Says Reichert, "I looked down and I said, well, this is nice. It was an improvement over our Arzew beach."

Helen Dixon Johnson, a nurse from California, landed on Omaha Beach two weeks after D day. Even then, she remembers, "There was debris all over: tanks and trucks and parts of equipment, machine guns, everything. There were [barrage] balloons all over," large balloons that hovered over the water to help protect ships against air attacks.

The ack-ack (antiaircraft fire) was so loud, she says, "you could hardly hear yourself think." On shore, signs such as one saying "Roads Cleared of Mines to the Hedge" directed them to safe paths. Before the invasion, the enemy had littered the coast with mines, explosive devices usually laid underwater or just below the ground that can kill or maim people and destroy ships, tanks, and other equipment when run over or stepped on.

Johnson, a member of the 3rd Auxiliary Surgical Unit, was assigned to the 51st Field Hospital near the town of Saint-LÔ, close to the front lines. She worked at least twelve hours a day, usually more. Cows, abandoned by their owners, followed the nurses, hoping to be milked, bees swarmed the canned peaches in their K-rations, and enemy fire was never far away. One night the Germans bombed the hospital area, and the nurses jumped into slit trenches. "They were all full of this garbage," says Johnson, but "we didn't care."

The Allies had hoped to move quickly inland after the invasion, but they were having a terrible time pushing past the Germans, who had taken cover behind Normandy's tall, thick hedgerows. Finally, in late July, the frustrated Allies launched a massive air attack near Saint-LÔ, and the German lines began to crumble.

Text copyright © 1999 by Betsy Kuhn

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

TIME LINE

MAP OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA

MAP OF THE PACIFIC THEATER

1941

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?"

MILDRED IRENE CLARK: "IT'S MANEUVERS"

AN ORDEAL IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE JAPANESE ATTACK

CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH, 1941

THE ARMY NURSE CORPS IN WORLD WAR II

1942

REPORTING FOR DUTY

THE 95TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL: "YOU ARE NEEDED NOW"

AN ORDEAL IN THE PHILIPPINES: SURRENDER

ALICE IN THE PACIFIC: ANTHILLS SIX FEET TALL

THE 48TH SURGICAL HOSPITAL: THE 48TH WADES ASHORE

CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH, 1942

1943

DANGEROUS WATERS, DANGEROUS GROUND

THE 95TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL: WELCOME TO THE WAR

AN ORDEAL IN THE PHILIPPINES: A CAPTIVE EXISTENCE

ALICE IN THE PACIFIC: TWO HELMETS A DAY

A FLIGHT NURSE'S STORY: BEHIND ENEMY LINES

CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH, 1943

1944

"THE RAIN BEATING DOWN, THE GUNS FIRING"

A FLIGHT NURSE'S STORY: A VERY GOOD CHOCOLATE BAR

THE 95TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL: "HELL'S HALF-ACRE"

THE 128TH EVACUATION AND 51ST FIELD HOSPITALS:

D DAY, JUNE 6, 1944

THE 95TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL: BONJOUR, FRANCE!

THE 128TH EVACUATION AND THE 51ST FIELD HOSPITALS:

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE

ALICE IN THE PACIFIC: TO TACLOBAN

AN ORDEAL IN THE PHILIPPINES: SLOW HUNGER

CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH, 1944

1945

"A CREDIT TO MY COUNTRY"

AN ORDEAL IN THE PHILIPPINES: FREEDOM

THE 51ST FIELD HOSPITAL: INTO THE LAND OF THE ENEMY

THE 95TH EVACUATION AND 51ST FIELD HOSPITALS:

THE HORROR OF THE CAMPS

ALICE IN THE PACIFIC: THE WAR'S NOT OVER YET

NOW THAT IT'S OVER

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENDNOTES

INDEX


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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 5, 2000

    Good book, lousy acknowledgments

    My mother was one of the women Betsy Kuhn interviewed for this book. Kuhn opted not to use any of my mother's quotes. This is within her rights as author, but on the page in which she acknowledged her sources she failed to thank my mother for her time. Like so many WWII era vets, my mother is approaching 80 years of age. It would have been a kick for her to see her name in print even if only as part of a longer list of names. I gave her this book knowing she'd been interviewed by its author, but it ended up being something of a disaster when she discovered that several close friends from her unit were prominently featured in the book while she got nada, zip, zero. I sincerely hope Betsy Kuhn sees this and feels a moment or two of remorse for hurting the feelings of a wonderful woman who I'm proud to call my mother because she really is an Angel.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2000

    THIS WAS A FABOLOUS BOOK ABOUT THE AMERICAN ARMY NURSE OF WORLD WAR II!!!!!

    The author really gets to the core of the American Nurses of World War II, from the history of it and the experiences of the nurses themselves. When you are finsh reading the book, there are other books to read about World War II in general. I really like this book because my mom is a nurse in general and I like the subject of World War II, except the frighting of it. I recommed this book for older children, teens, and adults.

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