Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines

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Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 1999 by Agnes Jensen Mangerich Published by The University Press of Kentucky Paperback edition 2006 Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Mangerich, Agnes Jensen, 1914Albanian escape: the true story of U.S. Army nurses behind enemy lines / by Agnes Jensen Mangerich ; as told to Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary L. Neidel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8131-2109-4 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. World War, 1939-1945-Medical care-United States. 2. Flight nursingUnited States. 3. Nurses-United States-History-20th century. 4. EscapesAlbania . I. Monahan, Evelyn. II. Neidel, Rosemary L., 1941- . III. Title. D807.U6M357 1999 940.54'7573'092-dc21 98-48348 Paper ISBN-lO: 0-8131-9157-2 Paper ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9157-7 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence ofPaper for Printed Library Materials.§@ Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica. ~.·.'I!!.t Member of the Association of 'I~ _ American University Presses Written for my children, Karen Anne and Jon Richard, who would not be here today without the many Albanians who helped at peril of their own lives ...