Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights:#1 The Army Nurse Corps was administered by Captain Maude Davison, a career officer and the chief nurse. The work was relatively easy and uncomplicated, and the women spent their days chatting about the future.#2 On December 8, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and launched a surprise attack on the United States. The war was already on its way to the Philippines.#3 On December 8, 1941, the Japanese attacked the Philippines. The most important military and commercial center in northern Luzon Province was Baguio, and the hospital where Ruby Bradley was working was hit.#4 After Baguio, the Japanese attacked their primary target, Clark Air Field and Fort Stotsenberg, the main base of the Army Air Corps in the western Pacific. The Japanese pilots probably could not believe their luck. They had approached cautiously from the South China Sea at 25,000 feet, hoping to elude radar and observers on the ground.