Historical Significance
- The first large group of American women in combat.
- The largest group of American women taken captive and imprisoned by an enemy.
- During World War II, the captured nurses were portrayed to motivate industrial production.
- During World War II, the captured nurses were portrayed to motivate recruitment of additional military nurses. By the end of the war, 59,283 army nurses volunteered to serve, more than half volunteered for and served in combat zones, and sixteen were killed by enemy action.
- By the 1980s, the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" were characterized as: "The role model of Army Nursing."
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