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Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines

Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines - Paperback

by Agnes Jensen Mangerich
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Availability:In StockContributor:Agnes Jensen MangerichPublish date:2006-04-14Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191577ISBN-10:813191572UPC:9780813191577Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.96 x 6.10 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC27V117T9
On November 8, 1943, U.S. Army nurse Agnes Jensen stepped out of a cold rain in Catania, Sicily, into a C-53 transport plane. But she and twelve other nurses never arrived in Bari, Italy, where they were to transport wounded soldiers to hospitals farther from the front lines. A violent storm and pursuit by German Messerschmitts led to a crash landing in a remote part of Albania, leaving the nurses, their team of medics, and the flight crew stranded in Nazi-occupied territory. What followed was a
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191577ISBN-10:813191572UPC:9780813191577Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.96 x 6.10 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC27V117T9
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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