{"product_id":"9781805461166","title":"The Flight Nurses’ War : The Women Who Saved Thousands of Lives at Iwo Jima and Okinawa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Leah Garrett\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 October 2026 by ATLANTIC BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e242 x 164 x 34 | 580g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pacific Theatre was the setting for some of World War II's bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in Europe was winding down, fierce Japanese resistance and mounting casualties slowed the US advance toward Japan. The terrible death toll of doctors, medics and corpsmen forced the United States Navy to deploy combat nurses to  contested airfields, where they triaged desperately wounded men and evacuated them to safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Flight Nurses' War, award-winning historian Leah Garrett traces the lives of eight nurses from their small-town origins to the devastation of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. They risked their lives on rickety, unpressurized aircraft and braved constant enemy assaults. As the battles intensified, Army nurses were also deployed to hospital ships and the infantry front-line, where they endured disease, snipers, and Kamikazes. Successfully evacuating thousands of wounded men from danger, the combat nurses freed up troops to secure both islands and help win the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncovering an extraordinary story of Second World War heroism, The Flight Nurses' War powerfully brings to life the remarkable women who risked everything to save lives and assure Allied victory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787230388483,"sku":"9781805461166","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781805461166.jpg?v=1791645771","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781805461166","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}