09 - Angels of the Underground: Resistance in the Philippines

Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 6 a.m.

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In this episode I\'m joined by Professor Theresa Kaminski.

We look at the Japanese occupation of the Philippines and the extraordinary stories of those women who escaped internment and help American POWs and those interned.

Theresa\\u2019s speciality is American women\\u2019s history at the University of Wisconsin. Her new book\\xa0Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II\\xa0tells the story of four American women who avoided being captured by the Japanese in Manila and were part of a little-known resistance movement.

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