01751cam a2200373 i 4500 1164356122 TxAuBib 20150105120000.0 130520s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013017134 9781419710285 hardcover $24.95 1419710281 hardcover $24.95 (OCoLC)844245331 DLC rda eng DLC IG# BDX YDXCP GK8 WIQ BKL TxAuBib rda Farrell, Mary Cronk. Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. 160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index. "The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket. 20150105. Nurses United States History 20th century. Military nursing United States History. World War, 1939-1945 Medical care United States. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Philippines. Prisoners of war United States. Prisoners of war Philippines. TXKIP