The indomitable Florence Finch : the untold story of a war widow turned resistance fighter and savior of American POWs

Book 2020

"When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days to her own children.Florence was an unlikely warrior....

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Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-2017

Philippines History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945

Prisoners of war Philippines History 20th century

Prisoners of war United States History 20th century

United States. Army. Forces, Far East History

United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve Biography

War widows Philippines Manila Biography

World War, 1939-1945 Philippines

World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, American

World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Philippines