TY - BOOK AU - Farrell,Mary Cronk TI - Pure grit: how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific SN - 1419710281 (hardcover) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Abrams Books for Young Readers KW - Military nursing KW - United States KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Nurses KW - 20th century KW - Prisoners of war KW - Philippines KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Medical care KW - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index N2 - "The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket ER -