An angel's illustrated journal : it has taken sixty years to explain why she was on the Mactan and not a prisoner / Floramund Fellmeth Difford.
Title
An angel's illustrated journal : it has taken sixty years to explain why she was on the Mactan and not a prisoner / Floramund Fellmeth Difford.
Subject
Difford, Floramund Fellmeth.
Nurses--United States--Biography.
United States. Army--Medical care--Philippines.
United States. Army--Nurses--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Philippines.
Description
Autobiography of a U.S. Army nurse who was assigned to the Philippines in May 1940.
She was initially assigned to the hospital on Corregidor and then to the Fort McKinley hospital, where she was when the war broke out. She describes conditions in the hospital during the early days of the war. While the other army nurses were sent to Bataan, the author was told to stay behind; she was ordered to tend soldier patients on board the converted hospital ship, the Mactan. She was the only US Army nurse on the ship, accompanied by several Red Cross nurses.
She narrates the tense voyage to Australia, and her career during the rest of the war and after.
She was initially assigned to the hospital on Corregidor and then to the Fort McKinley hospital, where she was when the war broke out. She describes conditions in the hospital during the early days of the war. While the other army nurses were sent to Bataan, the author was told to stay behind; she was ordered to tend soldier patients on board the converted hospital ship, the Mactan. She was the only US Army nurse on the ship, accompanied by several Red Cross nurses.
She narrates the tense voyage to Australia, and her career during the rest of the war and after.
Creator
Difford, Floramund Fellmeth.
Publisher
[Toledo, WA] : Chapters of Life, c2005.
Date
2005
Format
26 x 18 cm.
Type
Softbound
Identifier
976827204
Call Number
D 807 .P6 D55 2005
Accession Number
16289
Pagination
[xii], 245 p.
Illustration
ill.
Files
Collection
Citation
Difford, Floramund Fellmeth., “An angel's illustrated journal : it has taken sixty years to explain why she was on the Mactan and not a prisoner / Floramund Fellmeth Difford.,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/212.