Helmets and Lipstick: An Army Nurse in World War Two
Helmets and Lipstick is the first-hand account of Second Lieutenant Ruth Haskell, chronicling her time spent as a combat nurse with U.S. troops in North Africa during Operation Torch. From deployment to the journey to North Africa via Scotland and London, Lt. Haskell tells her story with a dry wit and humor, perfectly portraying the comradery between the nurses and the Allied soldiers fighting in North Africa at the time. Helmets and Lipstick, which was first published at the height of the war in 1944, is a classic account of combat nursing in World War Two.
They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II
With the insight and intimacy of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could have made more money as civilians, thousands chose to leave the security of home to care for the young men who went off to war. Kathi Jackson’s account follows army and navy nurses from the time they joined the military, through their active service, to their lives today.
The Land Army Girls Are Here
Feisty eighteen year old Yorkshire girl April Thornton has decided to join the Women’s Land Army. Feeling proud and elated, but against her parents’ wishes, she leaves home in search of pastures new to work on the land, doing her bit for King and Country during WW2 in 1944. If you’re a fan of Jenny Holmes and Shirley Mann novels, TV series ‘Land Girls’ and the movie ‘The Land Girls’, then you’ll love this World War II novel with a twist of comedy!
