This is Really War
Thursday, September 5
5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Donation: $6
Author Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi discusses the basis of her novel, This Is Really War, which tells the mostly unknown story of the US Navy nurses captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II. These nurses, who considered themselves average women, rose to the challenge and survived a prison experience that many others did not. Featured on WGN-TV and in The New York Times. Registration required.
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