For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ...
This is the amazing story of the World War II nurses stationed in the Phillippines--the "Angels of Bataan"--who performed amazing feats of courage and persistence up until their capture by the Japanese.
Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women - members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps - who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and ...
"Most of us are unaware of child neglect even when we are witnessing it. . . . Neglect is a matter of things undone, of inaction compounded by indifference. Since it goes on at home, it is a very private sin. . . . It is little wonder that most of the public is unaware of poor child caring. Its ignorance is even greater as to how widespread the ...
For seven decades Norman Rockwell captured the essence of the American spirit, creating art for magazines (more than 300 Saturday Evening Post covers), children's books, calendars, and advertisements, heartwarming and poignant images that touch us still. Norman Rockwell traces the evolution of the artist and his craft through his paintings, ...
Forensic Pharmacology offers a unique and comprehensible account of pharmacological methods and knowledge, and how to use them to solve problems in crimes from drunken driving to murder. It also deals with negligence in giving drugs, and adverse reactions to drugs. The text is enlivened by cases from the literature and from the authors' experience ...
This text combines, in one resource, both basic and advanced trauma concepts and skills. Useful for everybody involved in emergency care, this edition introduces new hands-on skills relevant to all levels: basic, intermediate and paramedic.
An award-winning story of "power and relevance" ("The New York Times Book Review") that offers the true account of the first American women to prove their mettle in three years of brutal captivity as POWs in the Philippines during World War II. of photos.
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