Angels of Bataan Arrive at Hickam Field in Hawaii

Japanese forces captured the nurses on Corregidor in 1942. The nurses, along with 3,700 men, women, and children civilian prisoners of war, were liberated from Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, by the First Cavalry Divison on 3 February 1945. Brig. Gen. Denit, Chief Surgeon, Southwest Pacific Area, awarded the Bronze Star Medal and one grade promotion to the nurses, on the beach at Leyte. Photo taken 20 February 1945.

Photo size: 1411 × 1124
Photo source: U.S. Army
Usage: Public Domain