{"id":6401,"date":"2022-05-26T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2022-05-29T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T23:19:06","slug":"angels-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=6401","title":{"rendered":"Angels and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following are some items relating to the civilian internment camps, liberation of the camps, the Battle of Manila, etc., and the many “Angels” who helped the internees survive. Click on any of the images to enlarge.<\/p>\n

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\nA new children’s book was recently published by Tammy Lee titled The Angel of Santo Tomas<\/em><\/a>. It tells the story of a Filipina doctor, Fe del Mundo<\/a>, who administered add to the internee children for the Red Cross, in Manila, and at the Holy Ghost Children’s home. She later helped care for the wounded in the Battle of Manila<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suggested for children ages 5 to 7.<\/p>\n

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\"Liberated<\/a>The U.S. Naval Institute recently published The Angelic Nurses of World War II<\/em><\/a> on their website. This brief article tells of their ordeal after the Japanese invasion and in the camps. It has a few photos of the eleven U.S. Navy nurses liberated from Los Ba\u00f1os in February 1945. They were Lt. Mary Frances Chapman, Lt. Cmdr. Laura Mae Cobb, Lt. Bertha Rae Evans, Lt. Helen Clara Gorzelanski, Lt. Mary Rose Harrington, Lt. Margaret Alice “Peg” Nash, Lt. Goldia Aimee “Goldie” O’Haver, Lt. Eldene Elinor Paige, Lt. Susie Josephine Pitcher, Lt. Dorothy Still and Lt. Carrie Edwina Todd. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Civilians<\/a>Mystery Woman<\/strong>
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\nThis photo shows a group of civilians being collected for internment in Santo Tomas in early 1942. Can anyone help identify the woman in front wearing the white gloves and dark glasses? If you recognize her, please reply using our Comments form<\/a>. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Angels of Bataan – U.S. Army Nurses in Japanese Captivity<\/em><\/a>, is a 45-minute audio recording by historian Mark Felton<\/a> posted on YouTube.\u00a0 He has written extensively on World War II topics and posted many videos and audio on Youtube.
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