Women Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater by Kathryn J. Atwood

Discussion questions and a guide for further study assist readers and educators in learning about this important and often neglected period of history. Kathryn Atwood has written another fascinating book in her series covering women heroes of the world wars. Atwood provides appropriate context and framing for teens 14 and up to grapple with these harsh realities of war. Seven of them were captured and imprisoned by the Japanese, enduring brutal conditions. These women-whose stories span 1932 to 1945, the last year of the war-served in dangerous roles as spies, medics, journalists, resisters, and saboteurs.

Fifteen suspense-filled stories unfold across China, Japan, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines, providing an inspiring reminder of womens' and girls' refusal to sit on the sidelines around the world and throughout history. Title: Women heroes of World War II: the Pacific Theater : 15 stories of resistance. In these pages, readers will meet these and other courageous women and girls who risked their lives through their involvement in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Atwood, Kathryn J. Humanitarian Elizabeth Choy lived the rest of her life hating war, though not her tormentors, after enduring six months of starvation and torture by the Japanese military police. She hid for days, tending to a seriously wounded British soldier while wounded herself.

Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, stationed in Singapore, then shipwrecked in the the Dutch East Indies, became the sole survivor of a horrible massacre by Japanese soliders. She also began working as a spy, chatting up Japanese military men and passing their secrets along to local guerrilla resistance fighters.

Glamorous American singer Claire Phillips opened a nightclub in manila, using the earnings to secretly feed starving American POWs.

Women Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater by Kathryn J. Atwood