On this episode of Our American Stories when Japanese forces invaded the Philippines during World War II a group of American nurses found themselves caught in the fighting on Bataan Evacuation was still possible but they chose to stay In makeshift hospitals carved out of the jungle they cared for wounded soldiers through heat bombardment and disease Supplies disappeared Food ran out Still they worked often through the night using what little they had to keep their patients alive Our regular contributor Anne Clare tells the story through one of those nurses whose strength carried her through surrender and years
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