The Road back : a pacific POW's liberation story /
Statement of responsibility: Dorothy Davis Thompson ; foreword by Charles W. Johnsonby
Thompson, Dorothy Davis
; Johnson, Charles W.
Type: 
BookPublisher: Lubbock, TX : Texas Tech University Press, c1996Description: viii, 160 p. : ill., maps ; 24 x 16 cm.ISBN: 896723623 (hardbound).Subject(s): Thompson, Dorothy Davis | United States. Army -- Biography | Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Philippines | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | United States -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- BiographyGeneral Note(s): The author, a nurse, was interned in Santo Tomás with her family where she established a camp hospital but was released due to illness. Thompson was determined to see her family reunited and returned to Santo Tomás for the liberation of the camp. - Roderick HallLanguage/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Personal account of an American woman, born and raised in Shanghai. Her father was a businessman in China, while her mother was the granddaughter of missionaries there. She studied nursing in the US, and while there her parents and sister evacuated China for the Philippines due to the war between China and Japan. Dorothy rejoined her parents in Manila, but the three got caught by the war and were interned in Santo Tomas. Dorothy tended to the sick in the camp, helping to establish a hospital. She herself became ill, and was repatriated to the US. Once well, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and joined the liberating American forces in Leyte, anxious to return to Manila and rejoin her parents. She made it back to Manila, and was reunited with her family. Her parents remained in Manila; Dorothy also stayed on to tend the wounded and the sick; was stationed at the general hospital in a racetrack, and then the hospital at Fort McKinley. While in the Philippines, she met an American officer and eventually married him. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books, Monographs
|
Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. | D 805 .P6 T52 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13817 |
The author, a nurse, was interned in Santo Tomás with her family where she established a camp hospital but was released due to illness. Thompson was determined to see her family reunited and returned to Santo Tomás for the liberation of the camp. - Roderick Hall
English
There are no comments on this title.
Log in to your account to post a comment.