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What a way to spend a war

by Dorothy Still Danner · 1995

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One of eleven U.S. Navy nurses held captive by the Japanese in Manila from 1942 until 1945, Danner offers a fascinating memoir of her nightmarish experiences behind barbed wire.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
warwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisprisonprisonMore like thisLess of thisPhilippinesPhilippinesMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 314 pages

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