One of World War II’s greatest untold stories began on April 8, 1942 when Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the commander of the U.S. Army in the Philippines, ordered the evacuation of military and ...

Along with six dozen fellow U.S. Army nurses, Manning was captured while treating soldiers in the Philippines in 1942. The nurses, held prisoner... Army Nurse Mildred Manning: An 'Angel' POW With A ...

LA CAñADA FLINTRIDGE – Jean Kennedy Schmidt, one of the nurses dubbed the “Angels of Bataan” who treated U.S. troops battling Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II and were prisoners ...

Jean Kennedy Schmidt, one of the last survivors of the Angels of Bataan, the American military nurses who were Japanese prisoners of war for nearly three years during World War II, has died. She was ...

JEFFERSON, Texas -- There was a mix-up over the time I was supposed to get to Hattie Brantley's house - I thought we were meeting at 1:30, but she was expecting me at 1 p.m. - and when I got there, ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — In March of 1945, there was a parade honoring the homecoming of Lt. Margaret “Peggy” Nash, a U.S. Navy nurse who had served in the Philippines, where she was ...

Jean Kennedy Schmidt, one of the last survivors of the “Angels of Bataan,” the American military nurses who were Japanese prisoners of war for almost three years during World War II, has died. She was ...

Japan has voiced "deep remorse and a heartfelt apology" to an elderly former nurse and other Australians it once held as prisoners of war, the foreign ministry and reports said. The Japanese foreign ...

There were no "typical" tours of duty in World War II, but U.S. Army nurse Mildred Dalton Manning's was particularly extraordinary. Manning, along with six dozen other nurses, was held captive by the ...