Re: Bibliography
Linda Sasak (mrs4cent@CPORT.COM)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:45:23 -0700
Thank you I will try and get those books to read. I live in a tiny town but
they can order books some times..Thank you Linda
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> From: MaryHaas@AOL.COM
> To: MEMORIES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Bibliography
> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 1:06 AM
>
> Several folks have expressed an interest in reading about WW II and
knowing
> more about nurses during that time. I'd like to recommend to you The
Women's
> Memorial as a great source of books about women in the American service.
> Especially the book PEN PAN COMMANDO about a nurse who served in Africa,
Italy
> and Germany throughout the war. She was one of the first into a German
POW
> camp and at one of the big concentration camps also. Much of the book is
from
> letters not memory. There are many other books offered for sale there
that
> are not easy to find in other places. I recently finished reading THE
RAPE OF
> NANKING. This is an excellent book and promotes lots of thoughts. I am
also
> reading CITIZEN SOLDIER by Ambrose which gives the soldiers views from
Europe
> both sides from D-day to V-E Day. Now I know why my cousin just out of
high
> school who served with Patton never talked about his war experiences.
Mary E.
> Haas