A topical presentation of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II.
Preface
Introduction
Uncle Sam Wants You!--The Recruitment Campaign, Requirements
From Whites to Fatigues--Training, Uniforms
Following the Troops
The Pacific Theater
The Mediterranean Theater
The European Theater
The China-Burma-India Theater
The United States and Western Atlantic Minor Theaters
Wild Blue Yonder
Life at Sea
Camaraderie and Romance
Leaving a Legacy
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
KATHI JACKSON is a freelance writer whose essays have been published in The Seattle Times, The Denver Post, Everett's The Herald, and The Mukilteo Beacon. She has also had articles published in Kaleidoscope and Navy Medicine magazines, and a radio spot she wrote for the Texas Sesquicentennial was aired over a local Austin radio station.
"Kathi Jackson's loving chronicle of American military nurses in
World War II brims with vivid information and first-person accounts
of their experiences. As the World War II generation passes away,
this book provides a fitting record of these women's heroism,
humor, and endurance."-Paula Mitchell Marks Associate Professor of
American studies St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
.,."a valuable resource. Women's, nursing, and military medical
historians, who have a particular interest in World War 2, will
find it a valuable anecdotal reference. Nurses contemplating a
military nursing career would well do to read the volume so they
understand some of the career's potential challenges and the
dangers during wartime."-The Journal of Military History
?...a valuable resource. Women's, nursing, and military medical
historians, who have a particular interest in World War 2, will
find it a valuable anecdotal reference. Nurses contemplating a
military nursing career would well do to read the volume so they
understand some of the career's potential challenges and the
dangers during wartime.?-The Journal of Military History
?The author's thorough and captivating depiction of nursing from
stateside general hospitals to overseas battlefronts surpasses all
expectations....To read They Called Them Angels is to acquire a
deep sense of respect and admiration for all World War II
nurses-and to have an enjoyable experience doing so.?-Aerospace
Power Journal
?This book is a wonderful story...[t]his well-written account
provides the reader with a plethora of enjoyable stories,
heartwarming accounts of war nursing, and splendid pictures. For
general and academic readers.?-Choice
?This well-written book describes the role played by the women who
served as nurses in WWII and is based on interviews, augmented by
an extensive review of the literature, both during the war and up
to the present.?-MILITARY
"This book is a wonderful story...Ýt¨his well-written account
provides the reader with a plethora of enjoyable stories,
heartwarming accounts of war nursing, and splendid pictures. For
general and academic readers."-Choice
"The author's thorough and captivating depiction of nursing from
stateside general hospitals to overseas battlefronts surpasses all
expectations....To read They Called Them Angels is to acquire a
deep sense of respect and admiration for all World War II
nurses-and to have an enjoyable experience doing so."-Aerospace
Power Journal
"This book is a wonderful story...[t]his well-written account
provides the reader with a plethora of enjoyable stories,
heartwarming accounts of war nursing, and splendid pictures. For
general and academic readers."-Choice
"This well-written book describes the role played by the women who
served as nurses in WWII and is based on interviews, augmented by
an extensive review of the literature, both during the war and up
to the present."-MILITARY
..."a valuable resource. Women's, nursing, and military medical
historians, who have a particular interest in World War 2, will
find it a valuable anecdotal reference. Nurses contemplating a
military nursing career would well do to read the volume so they
understand some of the career's potential challenges and the
dangers during wartime."-The Journal of Military History
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