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title	:	No Time for Fear : Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II
author	:	Fessler, Diane Burke.
publisher	:	Michigan State University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	087013440X
print isbn13	:	9780870134401
ebook isbn13	:	9780585277998
language	:	English
subject	World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Nurses--United States--Biography, United States--Armed Forces--Nurses--Biography.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	D807.U6F47 1997eb
ddc	:	940.54/7573
subject	:	World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Nurses--United States--Biography, United States--Armed Forces--Nurses--Biography.

Page iii No Time for Fear Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II Diane Burke Fessler

Page iv Copyright 1996 Diane Burke Fessler All Michigan State University Press books are produced on paper which meets the requirements of American National Standard of Information SciencePermanence of paper for printed materials ANSI Z39.48-1984. Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5202 03 02 01 00 99 98 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fessler, Diane Burke. No time for fear : voices of American military nurses in World War II/ Diane Burke Fessler. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87013-440-X 1. World War, 19391945Medical careUnited States. 2. World War, 1939 1945Personal narratives, American. 3. NursesUnited StatesBiography. 4. United StatesArmed ForcesNursesBiography. I. Title. D807.U6F47 1996 940.547573dc20 95-26667 CIP

Page v Nurses are grand people, human creatures who will go through pretty much anything to ease pain. Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton, 1943

Page vii Contents Foreword Senator Daniel K. Inouye ix Foreword Colonel M. Irene Clark Woodman xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Chronology 9 Chapter 1. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii "Like rats in a trap." 11 Chapter 2. Pacific Theater of War "You can see what men are made of when you get them freshly wounded." 29 Chapter 3. Japanese Internment Camps, Philippines "You don't know what freedom is until you lose it." 79 Chapter 4. China, Burma, and India "Culture Shock" 105 Chapter 5. North Africa, Sicily, and Italy "90 mm shells would zoom right over the hospital." 123 Chapter 6. England "Buzz bombs, blackouts, and barrage balloons" 151 Chapter 7. France "Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge" 167 Chapter 8. Germany "V-E Day" 189

Page viii Chapter 9. Russia "The Eastern Comman" 193 Chapter 10. The 166th General Hospital "Raining again" 199 Chapter 11. Snap Shots "You never know what will happen when you join the service." 233 Chapter 12. The War Ends "I can't express how I felt when I heard it was over." 243 Further Reading 263 Index 265

Page ix Foreword This is an amazing story, and one that has been waiting to be told for nearly fifty years. Those of us who experienced the horrors of World War II on a first-hand basis, to a person, quickly developed a very deep appreciation for the dedication, compassion, and professionalism of our comrades who were serving in the military nurse corps. When we were wounded, they were ever present, taking care of our needs, listening to our inner thoughts and prayers and, if necessary, chiding us to regain independence. When we were under fire, they were often right there with us, often suffering the same wounds and "fears of the unknown" that we did. And yet, as I reflect upon how much World War II has affected our nation and been described in the popular media, on our television and movie screens, and through a seemingly infinite number of publications, I realize that very few historians or producers have ever taken the time to listen to the nurses' storyto the thoughts and reflections of those women and their medical colleagues who gave so much of themselves to our nation and its warriors in their time of greatest need, while asking so little for themselves. This publication is the story of

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