some books about WW2 experiences

Salvatore_B (Salvatore_B@BLS.GOV)
Wed, 3 Sep 1997 13:36:26 -0400 

noted without comment:

Breuer, William B. _War and American Women: Heroism, Deeds, and
Controversy._ Westport: Preager, 1997.
        "Brings to life the compelling stories of the ordinary and
extraordinary women who served their country in times of war. Their
largely
unreported and unacknowledged acts of heroism are vividly recounted . .
. a
first-class author who writes with an emphasis on human drama."


Danner, Dorothy S.  _What A Way To Spend A War: Navy Nurse POWs In The
Philippines._ Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
        One of eleven Navy nurses held prisoner at Los Banos in the
Phillipines for three years. "It is obvious . . . that determination and
toughness got them through each day, despite the fact that Danner often
makes light of their hardships and the illnesses she overcame."

Kochendoerfer, Violet A.  _One Woman's World War II._ University Press
of
Kentucky, 1994.
        Memoir of a woman who served briefly with the WAAC, then with
Red
Cross service clubs in Britain, France, and Germany.

Litoff, Judy Barrett and David C. Smith (eds.). American Women in a
World
at War II. Wilmington: SR books, 1997.
        Collection of memoirs by women who served in industry, the
military, medical services, and the home front.

Poulos, Paula Nassen _A Women's War Too: U.S. Women in the Military in
World War II_,. National Archives and Records Administration, 1996.
        Papers presented at a conference by the same name (March 1995),
includes essays by D'Ann Campbell, Leisa D. Meyer, Judy Barett Litoff,
RitaVictoria Gomez, Eleanor Stoddard, DeAnne Blanton, Mary Stremlow, and
Linda Grant De Pauw.


Slaughter, Jane.  _Women & the Italian Resistance, 1943-45._ Denver, CO:
Arden Press, 1997.
        "This is the first book in the English language to address the
topic of women's involvement in the Italian Resistance . . . more than
50,000 Italian women engaged in Resistance activities . . . much of this
book is based on primary Italian sources and extensive interviews with
the
women who participated."