The indomitable Florence Finch : the untold story of a war widow turned resistance fighter and savior of American POWs
Mrazek, Robert J.2020
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When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbours knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days to her own children. Florence was an unlikely warrior. She relied on her own intelligence and fortitude to survive on her own from the age of seven, facing bigotry as a mixed-race mestiza with the dual heritage of her American serviceman father and Filipina mother.
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Author:
Mrazek, Robert J., author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Collation:
xxi, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780316422277 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-2017World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United StatesPhilippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945United States. Army. Forces, Far East -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- PhilippinesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- PhilippinesUnited States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve -- HistoryWarfare and Defence
BRN:
962928
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