After being take prisoner by the Japanese on Guam, Bataan and Corregidor, some seventy-five American nurses were ordered by the U.S. military to sign non-disclosure agreements. The authors have pieced together information to bring forth their stories.

Women Soldiers' Stories.

Preface --Pacific paradise -- Paradise lost -- Descent into hell -- The Other ammo -- From the frying pan into the fire -- The Tunnel and the rock -- The City of hell -- Life along the River Styx -- Hunger in the heart of hell -- Liberation -- Home at last -- Appendix A Tribute to Major Maude C. Davison, ANC -- Appendix B Pre-World War II duty stations of U.S. Navy nurses held as POWs by the Japanese -- Appendix C Military nurses who were not reassigned following the Japanese attack on the Philippines -- Appendix D Evacuation of U.S. military nurses from Manila, December 1941 -- Appendix E Evacuees from the Philippines to Australia -- Appendix F POW Army nurses personal statistics -- Appendix H Military grades during World War II -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.