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UNIT PROFILE – “THE ANGELS OF BATAAN” - ARMY NURSES
When the U.S. garrison in the Philippines fell during #WWII, dozens of U.S. Army nurses were taken prisoner alongside their soldier comrades and administered to their countrymen’s medical needs during their long captivity.
When the U.S. garrison in the Philippines fell during #WWII, dozens of U.S. Army nurses were taken prisoner alongside their soldier comrades and administered to their countrymen’s medical needs during their long captivity.
There were approximately 100 U.S. military nurses in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded on 8 DEC 1941. When the enemy captured Camp John Hay and took two nurses prisoner, GEN Douglas MacArthur ordered all nurses to the island of Corregidor in Manila Bay. @USArmy @TRADOC
As Filipino-American forces prepared their desperate last stand on the Bataan Peninsula, two hospitals were established with medical staffs that included 45 nurses. They treated soldiers who suffered combat wounds as well as tropical diseases. #WomensHistoryMonth #MilitaryHistory
7 JANUARY 1942 - BATTLE OF BATAAN BEGINS – #WWII
After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in Dec. 1941 and the fall of Manila on Jan. 2, 1942, the defending U.S. and Filipino troops withdrew to Bataan.
#Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #WW2
After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in Dec. 1941 and the fall of Manila on Jan. 2, 1942, the defending U.S. and Filipino troops withdrew to Bataan.
#Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #WW2
On Bataan, the combined forces under the command of GEN Douglas MacArthur fought a fierce delaying action beginning on 7 Jan. The Japanese attack was halted initially, but it was reinforced over the following three months, slowly rolling back U.S./Philippine defenses.
During the brutal fighting for control of the peninsula, American and Filipino soldiers endured intense privation, holding out under increasingly impossible odds until the inexorable weight of the enemy forced their surrender on 9 Apr. 1942.
#WorldWar2 #Philippines
#WorldWar2 #Philippines
