![]() Their names must always be hallowed when we speak of American heroes. But their hearts were the same hearts as those of the women of early America. You may talk all you want of the pioneer women who went across the plains of early America and helped found our great nation.… But never forget the American girls who fought on Bataan and later on Corregidor.… Theirs had been a life of conveniences and even luxury. ![]() They were a scruffy lot, he remembered, covered in road dust and grime, weak with fever and chills and still wide-eyed from their getaway across the bay. Years later in a memoir, he recalled the happy moment. “General Wainwright was delighted to see them. ![]()
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