She Was An American Combat Nurse During World War II
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By Jeane Slone
She Was An American Combat Nurse During World War II
A Historical Novel
Grady Hospital, Georgia, 1941. Meet Beatrice Harrington, Chief of Nursing in the White section and Dora Mae Williams, Chief of Nursing in the Black section. Because of segregation during that time, these two exceptional nurses never meet in person, although they share similar career paths. War is ravaging Europe and racial discrimination is rampant in the U.S. Both nurses join the Army Nurse Corps and work in jungle hospitals—Bea in Baguio, Philippines province of Bataan and Dottie in Tagap, Burma.
Through opposing chapters, this historical book allows readers to compare and contrast the experiences of these two strong, dedicated, and skilled nurses in the face of combat danger, human suffering, and discrimination. With fortitude and personal resilience, each nurse displays unsurpassed courage amid lethal combat conditions. This book portrays keen historical depictions of the era with narrative and photographs that deftly convey the experience and impact of segregation both in general society and in the Armed Forces. The strength and dedication of these two extraordinary nurses and the nurses under their command will inspire, educate, and leave an indelible impression on the reader. A thoroughly researched historical novel that took five years to complete.
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Historical Novelist
Jeane Slone
Jeane Slone is a member of the Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA, a 15-year member of Redwood Writers Club, a branch of the California Writer’s Club and a member of the National Women’s History Alliance. She received the Jack London award for service to the club. Ms. Slone has a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and a teaching certificate from Brockport State University, New York. She has taught several history classes at Sonoma State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Ms. Slone has distributed local authors’ books since 2010. She is also the owner of ESL Publishing, a dedicated company that prints quality textbooks for second-language learners.
Ms. Slone is the daughter of parents who both served in the Army during World War II. She has published five historical novels since 2007:
- She Flew Bombers During WW II, winner of the national 2012 Indie Book Award (also available as an audio book through audible.com).
- She Built Ships During WW II, which is also available in an ESL version with a workbook.
- She Was an American Spy During WW II
- She Was a WW II Photographer Behind Enemy Lines, finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Awards.
- She Was an American Combat Nurse During WW II
Member of The Historical Novel Society and The Historical Fiction Company.
Author Jeane Slone has written a TV Script series about 4 cousins: a pilot, a welder, a spy and a war correspondent:
Her books are sold in museums all over the United States.
Ms. Slone’s Hands on Experience!
Jeane Slone enjoys researching pieces of the forgotten past, especially involving amazing, powerful female heroines of the forties who experience gender and ethnic discrimination.
She Flew Bombers During WW II
- Flew in a World War I 1918, Curtiss Jenny open cockpit airplane, one of only ten presently airborne.
- Experienced the following aerobatic maneuvers in a 1941 WW II Boeing PT-Stearman open cockpit bi-plane: The Loop, Barrel Roll, Hammer Head, Cuban Eight.
- Toured WWII Bomber
She Was an American Spy During WW II
- Sky diving, shooting a WW II Colt .45, sent message on a real 1948 clandestine RS-1 HF wireless transmitter
- Personal tour of spy displays at The Military Intelligence Museum in Chicksands, England
- She also toured/studied the Musée de L’Armée in Paris, France
She Built Ships During WW II
- Two hour tour site of the Port Chicago Naval base, site of the horrific explosion in Contra Costa County.
- Toured the Richmond Shipyards, SS Red Oak Victory Ship, SS Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty Ship and The Maritime Child Care Center.
- Interviewed a welding instructor at the Santa Rosa, California Junior College about welding in the forties.
She Was a WWII Photographer Behind Enemy Lines
Toured:
- Two Speakeasies
- Cornell University, New York
- Musee de L’Armee, Paris
Toured Czechoslovakia:
- Witnessed the performance of the astronomical clock
- Prague Castle
- Terezin Ghetto holding camp
- Military Museum of Prague
She Was an American Combat Nurse
- Correspondence with Rod Tenney, nephew of Alice M. Zwicker, lst Lt. Amy Nurse Corps, who provided 26 zip files of her interrogation from the War Department about her Japanese interment.
- Rod Tenney gave permission to use his aunt’s photograph on the cover.
- Correspondence with Walter M. Macdougall, author of Angel of Bataan.
- Correspondence with Mary Robertson regarding her writing project: “The Story of Olive Lucas.” She gave permission to use her Aunt’s photo on the cover of the book.
Other Books
She Was a WWII Photographer
She Built Ships
She Flew Bombers
She Was an American Spy
Other Items
She Flew Bombers Audio CDs
Women Airforce Service Pilots DVD
She Flew Bombers is a fascinating account of one woman’s love of flying and her involvement with the Women AirForce Service Pilots during WWII.
– Jean Hegland, Author of Into The Forest
She Built Ships- With meticulous research on WW II era, Slone weaves an intricate story of cruelty, compassion, and love, reminding us of the injustice of the internment of Japanese Americans and racial prejudice in the armed forces.
– Alla Crone, Author of Winds of Manchuria
She Was An American Spy During WW II – This historical novel features a heroine left adrift when her husband enlists. She enters the world of wartime espionage and spy training.
– David Bruce Harrison, technical advisor in wireless transmitters, judge advocate in the USAF.
She Was a WWII Photographer Behind enemy lines: Author Jeane Slone is excellent at describing a women’s experiences. This is a wonderful historical novel.
She Was a WWII Photographer Behind Enemy Lines: This book is well researched and presents a detailed moving description of woman war correspondent as she struggles to make her way through many theaters of war traditionally dominated by men.
– WILLIAM HAIGWOOD, Photojournalist, news reporter, and editor Author of War Babies