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Angel of Bataan: The Life of a World War II Army Nurse in the War Zone and at Home Paperback – April 22, 2015

by Walter Macdougall (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
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Alice Zwicker was the only service woman from Maine to be a prisoner of the enemy in either of the two World Wars. But there is more to the story than that. Across the nation, wherever one of the seventy-seven Angels of Bataan returned home, there was a hero’s welcome. Those Army and Navy nurses had shown what American women could do and be, even in times of defeat. This is Alice’s story: her growing up in a small Maine town, her commitment to the profession of nursing, and her immersion in World War II. There was Manila, Bataan, Corregidor, and then three long, hungry years when she was held prisoner by the Japanese. For Alice, the terrible legacy of war did not end with her liberation from internment camp, or even with her coming home. When victory finally arrived for Alice, it was achieved in her own soul.
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    218 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Down East Books
  4. Publication date
    April 22, 2015
  5. Dimensions
    6.02 x 0.66 x 8.93 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1608933741
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1608933747
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"...marvelous. .. .This is not just another war story; rather, it honors a Maine woman whose unselfish life of service and comfort to others serves as an inspiration, as well as a fitting tribute to the strength and sacrifice of all American servicewomen." ― CentralMaine.com

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Walter Macdougall is a retired college professor who enjoys writing, painting, woodworking, fishing, and historical research. He is author of The Old Somerset Railroad and he lives with his wife in Milo, Maine.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Down East Books; 1st edition (April 22, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1608933741
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1608933747
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.02 x 0.66 x 8.93 inches
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings

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HMS Warspite
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard way to go...
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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"Angel of Bataan" is the moving story of Alice Zwicker, an Army nurse from the small town of Brownville, Maine, who became a prisoner of the Japanese at the fall of the Philippines in 1942. Zwicker survived her ordeal as a POW, but found her return to ordinary life after the war to be challenging in its own ways. There are lessons here for the generation of young Americans who have so far fought the war against militant Islam from New York City to Kandahar and Baghdad and beyond. Some of the wounds never quite heal...

Author Walter MacDougall has done a superb job researching the life and times of Alice Zwicker, capturing the flavor of the town in which she grew up, the Army in which she served, and the post-war environment she faced upon her return. This portrait is a challenging read that pulls few punches but captures Alice's marvelously generous spirit. It should leave few readers unmoved. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
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This is history as it should be told.. Personal, interesting, the effect on individual people on display to learn from and apply to our future. The courage and perseverance are qualities we can never hear too much about.
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J. Pettit
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting & truthful.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020
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A hard book to read as its subject is war. Incarceration. & heroism. Overcoming adversity shines through as she persevered through each.We Band of Angels & the movie, So Proudly We Hail are excellent accompaniment pieces. Informative.
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Diane Burke Fessler
5.0 out of 5 stars What a story!
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2015
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Wonderful book written lovingly about one of the brave military nurses who were interned by the Japanese in the Philippines. I knew some of these women, having interviewed them for my book, NO TIME FOR FEAR, VOICES OF AMERICAN MILITARY NURSES IN WORLD WAR II, and wish I could have met Alice Zwicker. Much has been written about the horrible conditions in Santo Tomas during their imprisonment, but as one of the nurses told me, they missed three years of not knowing what was going on in the rest of the world, and how the U.S. was changing through the war years. This book tells of Alice's life before the war, during, and how trying to return to a normal life in the U.S. was difficult. The lingering illnesses resulting from malnutrition and starvation had a huge effect on Alice. These were strong women, despite fragile health, and their concern for the service men they cared for kept them going.
The author met many of Alice's relatives, and researched her life very well. This is a great tribute.
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Trish E. Cat
3.0 out of 5 stars Enduring what may
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017
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This was advertised in our daily paper and because she was from my home state and it had history I thought it would be a good read for me. I enjoyed the book, but I had hoped for more detail. I don't mean that I wanted more gore of the war just that I thought to have more of her feelings
of what she went through. I guess from knowing that most of our defenders don't really want us to know what happened over there I can forgive that.
I did enjoy her reveal of growing up in a small town in Maine and my husband and I are going to make a trip this summer to her town to see if we can look up her resting place.
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P. Irish
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book of Maine native
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
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This was a wonderful book of Maine Native. I enjoyed reading it very much.
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Donna M.
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating story about being a prisoner of war.
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020
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I read this book because it was about a distant cousin of mine who shared the same surname as my mother. Her father came from the same area in Nova Scotia as my mother did.
It was a very interesting story about my cousin's time in the service during WW2. I recommend to anyone who is interested in WW2 history.
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maineman
5.0 out of 5 stars This is just an excellent read! Carefully researched
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015
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This is just an excellent read! Carefully researched, Macdougall tells the sometimes poignant story of the journey of a girl form a small town from the hills of Maine who achieves her goal of becoming a nurse, enlists in the Army, gets the plum assignment to beautiful Manila-the Jewel of the Pacific, and then watches the world explode in war, going from Manila to Bataan, to Corregidor and then to a prisoner of war camp for nearly three years. Macdougall follows Ms Zwicker through the sometimes difficult post-war years until her death.

In the end, this is a story of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of tremendous adversity, a reminder of the preciousness of freedom, and a story for the modern generation of the price paid by an earlier generation so that we may enjoy that freedom.
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