Abandoned on Bataan: Army Nurse Clara Bickford’s Final-Moment Retreat

Just hours before Bataan fell to the enemy, Clara Bickford and her fellow Army nurses were ordered off Bataan and to the relative safety of Corregidor Island.

But their evacuation was marred by clogged roads, earth-rending explosions, and an enemy airplane dogging their every move.

When they finally made it to the dock – their boat had already left.

Hungry and defenseless, Clara and her friends were deserted on Bataan.

With no idea of what fait awaited as American leaders surrendered Bataan

 

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