Image: Army nurses rescued from Santo Tomas 1945d
Description: The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor arrive at Hickam Field in Hawaii. Japanese forces captured the nurses on Corregidor in 1942. The nurses, along with 3,700 men, women, and children civilian prisoners of war, were liberated from Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, by the First Cavalry Divison on 3 February 1945. Brig. Gen. Denit, Chief Surgeon, Southwest Pacific Area, awarded the Bronze Star Medal and one grade promotion to the nurses, on the beach at Leyte. 20 February 1945. [SC 385010]
Title: Army nurses rescued from Santo Tomas 1945d
Credit: US Army
Author: US Army
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