![]() 8, 1941-the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor-and follows them through the battles of Bataan and the nonstop shelling of Corregidor, a rock island fortress, to their surrender, their three years in Japanese camps and, finally, their liberation. The women’s story begins with the Japanese attack on Manila Dec. Our group proved that we could go into the field and carry on and do a good job. We were exposed to a lot of the shelling and bombardment in Bataan and Corregidor. ![]() “There’s still a lot of discussion about the role of women in combat. ![]() But nobody’s ever told the whole story,” said Helen Cassiani Nestor, who at age 82 is one of 18 nurses known to be alive. There have been stories written, a person’s personal story. ![]()
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