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This Is Really War
2025-03-04 19:00:00 2025-03-04 20:30:00 America/New_York This Is Really War Author Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD, discusses her nonfiction book about twelve U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in 1941. Rolling Meadows Library - Community Room

Tuesday, March 04
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-04 19:00:00 2025-03-04 20:30:00 America/New_York This Is Really War Author Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD, discusses her nonfiction book about twelve U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in 1941. Rolling Meadows Library - Community Room

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Author Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD, discusses her nonfiction book about twelve U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in 1941.

Author Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD, discusses her nonfiction book about twelve U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in 1941. They cared for thousands of inmates where they were the only medical providers, built an infirmary, and stood up to guards to protect their patients.

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This is Really War
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

The story of US Navy nurse Dorothy Still and her colleagues at a military hospital in the Philippines, who cared for their fellow prisoners of war while being held captive by the Japanese during World War II.
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