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Women Overseas: Memoirs of the Canadian Red Cross Corps
Women Overseas: Memoirs of the Canadian Red Cross Corps
Women Overseas: Memoirs of the Canadian Red Cross Corps
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In these Red Cross memoirs, thirty women tell their stories of volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Corps in overseas postings during World War Two and the Korean War. These dramatic narratives take us across oceans infested with enemy submarines to witness Canadian women on duty in the U.K., in Europe and in Asia. Laced with humour and filled with grace, these stories are a testament to the vital yet often overlooked responsibilities that thousands of women gallantly accepted for the Allied war effort. Women Overseas is a companion volume to the national bestseller Blackouts to Bright Lights: Canadian War Bride Stories.
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Release dateSep 1, 1998
ISBN9781553800965
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