The Flight Nurses’ War

“Impeccably researched, The Flight Nurses’ War provides new insights into female military service. A moving and important book.”—Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo

“As personal as a confessional, these incredible stories of WWII flight nurses pull us onto the rocking planes, into the crowded hospitals, and across the bloody beaches. To the soldiers, Marines, and sailors on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, these young women were the light of life itself. This heartfelt tribute to their courage and dramatic efforts to save their patients is a story that echoes down through the generations; we need to hear their truth.”—Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder, U.S. Army Ret., USA Today bestselling author of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line

“Leah Garrett’s latest is a wonderful, important look at the women who served with incredible compassion and courage in the hell of the Pacific in 1945. Unsung, until now forgotten, these true angels showed that women were not only essential to victory but also the difference between life and death for so many wounded and dying warriors of the Greatest Generation. A fabulous book! I loved it!”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Longest Winter

“The Flight Nurses’ War is incredibly fascinating and moving. As I devoured the book, I occasionally paused to reflect on what these remarkable women who saved and improved so many lives must have experienced. As Leah Garrett demonstrates in her skilled narrative, the cost to them, in terms of trauma, peace of mind, and so much more, was incalculable. Put simply, this book has soul, and it shines a long overdue spotlight on an overlooked aspect of World War II in the Pacific.”—John C. McManus, author of To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan