Some US Army Nurses from Bataan Are Safe



The fall of Bataan: 21 Army nurses escape from Corregidor before it fell to the Japanese. Under the cover of darkness 10 of the 21 Army nurses make the trip safely to Australia in a PBY Catalina aircraft. The other 11 Army nurses escaped by submarine.

Source: “Some US Army Nurses from Bataan Are Safe.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/137071837/

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