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SHORELINES

WAVES National Michigan Unit 32 Newsletter

Dolores M. Maillette
Editor
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Oct/Nov/Dec 1999   Page 2

"Still Something Special"

Oct/Nov/Dec 1999

Prodded by AnnMarie Amthor to check my library for books on servicewomen, I brought home "They Also Served" and "We’re in This War, Too." I am humbled and awed by the stories of the women who served overseas in battle zones. The incredible hardships and dangers they endured brought tears to my eyes and minimized my own contribution. Check your own library for these two books.

Another book brought to our attention, A Tribute to the American Sailor, honors enlisted men and women of the US Navy, with 140 personal experience stories, photos and cartoons. It is available for $24.95 plus $3.50 s/h, from Sharrow Publications, 1040 Stoney Creek Rd., Dauphin, PA 17018. 

- Dolores

Book Review

This is is the untold story of American nurses trapped on Bataan and captured by the Japanese. The first question everyone asks when they learn I am reading the book is "Were they sexually molested?" According to their story, the answer is NO, the Japanese had other means of torture...such as starving the prisoners. When liberated, they were walking skeletons.

This book is well researched which makes for very interesting reading. It is not light reading, and the footnotes kept me busy. It is not a romance, but a true rendition of the horrors of war.

Reviewed by AnnMarie Amthor

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Mildred Allen Lairson
901 Varden Drive
Jackson, MI 40202
(517-784-2241)
Mildred served from 5-3-45 to 6-24-46. After boot camp at Hunter College, she was stationed with Navy Communications in Washington, D.C.

Jamelia Manson
117 Park Meadows
Lansing, MI 49817
(517-321-0677)
Jamelia served from 3-20-44 to 8-1-45. She attended boot camp at Hunter College, Yeoman school in Stillwater, OK, and was then sent to the USN Training Station, Navy Pier, Chicago.

The Tri County Council of the Navy League of the United States meets the first Monday of each month at the elegant Saginaw Club in Saginaw. Some Unit 32 members attended one of their luncheons last year and since then many of the men have asked when they are coming back.

So, this is an open invitation to join us for lunch and interesting Navy program any time. Call Dolores (517-892-4955) to make reservations