Book Review #The Woman with a Purple Heart #Diane Hanks #Sourcebooks Landmark Publisher # World War II Historical Fiction
MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW This novel by Diane Hanks is a very interesting and gripping narrative of connected events that happened in 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Annie Fox returned from her transfer from the country Philippines in 1940 and was sent to Honolulu, Hawaii. She was transferred to Hickam Air Field Station Hospital, a small ward-bed facility with six nurses, after passing the exam to become Chief Nurse there. Assuming the job of Chief Nurse, Annie Fox, or 1st Lieutenant Fox as she was known in the Army, arrived at Station Hospital on Hickam Field in November 1941. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, causing widespread destruction and devastation to hospitals across the island. Annie, in charge of Hickam, faced deafening noise, bombs, and enemy aircraft, while staff tried to save wounded patients. In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hickam Field served as the Army's main airfield and bomber facility. It was close to Pearl Harbor, the...