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To the Angels
Book by Williams, Denny
- GenresWorld War II
225 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1985
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October 13, 2015
Denny Williams was a nurse. Growing up she wanted adventure her life and she joined the Army and after a few years volunteered to go to the Philippines. A fun explanation of what life there was like before WWII as she meets a man she falls in love with, marries, they honeymoon (including a trip to Tokyo) and she gets out of the army (married women could not serve as nurses on active duty at that time). Her husband worked for an oil company and they traveled around the islands sometimes as part of his work.
Then came the war, Denny re-joined the Army nurses to assist as the Japanese attack and casualties mount. She moved from hospital to field hospital, and finally joined the final stand on Corregidor as the beleaguered American/Philippine army held on month after month under near constant attack. During one time period Denny says two doctors she worked for performed over 400 surgeries in one day treating the wounded. After the capture and surrender of American forces the nurses were interred in a camp for the years waiting out the war.
Denny Williams does a great job telling her story with snippets of events and descriptions of places and people she worked with. It's a fairly easy read and you will find yourself rooting for Denny to live and re-join her husband at the end of it all.
Then came the war, Denny re-joined the Army nurses to assist as the Japanese attack and casualties mount. She moved from hospital to field hospital, and finally joined the final stand on Corregidor as the beleaguered American/Philippine army held on month after month under near constant attack. During one time period Denny says two doctors she worked for performed over 400 surgeries in one day treating the wounded. After the capture and surrender of American forces the nurses were interred in a camp for the years waiting out the war.
Denny Williams does a great job telling her story with snippets of events and descriptions of places and people she worked with. It's a fairly easy read and you will find yourself rooting for Denny to live and re-join her husband at the end of it all.
April 21, 2020
Written by one of the Army Nurses serving in the Philippines at the beginning of WWII, the reader begins in the prewar period, watches the war's approach, suffers with the retreat to Bataan and the evacuation to Corregidor, ending with interment in at the Santa Tomas camp. Liberation was the culmination of more than 3 years of struggle and is described in jubilant terms. Denny Williams is a remarkable woman who endured with her dignity and humanity in tact. Very different view of the WWII experience. Highly recommended.
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