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Band of Sisters tells the dramatic story of Madeleine Pauliac, a French army doctor, and a group of Red Cross nurses—known as the Blue Squadron. At the request of Charles DeGualle, the group was sent to rescue French soldiers and civilians who had been captured, injured, or stranded during World War II. Written from letters, diary entries and interviews, the book recounts their rescue missions in Germany, Russia, and Poland in 1945, in the final days of the war and in the first months after the German defeat.
It's a previously unknown story of heroism and daring by a remarkable group of women, none more brave and intrepid than Pauliac herself, who was the author's aunt that he would never know.
Contents
Prologue
Chapter One: So far from Paris (March 28-April 7, 1945)
Chapter Two: A field of ruins (April 7-April 29, 1945)
Chapter Three: On the job (April 29-May 2, 1945)
Chapter Four: France in Poland (May 2 - early June 1945)
Chapter Five: Staying on your feet (June 1945)
Chapter Six: The Blue Squadron (April 1945)
Chapter Seven: Hell (April 29, 1945)
Chapter Eight: Still Hell (May 1945)
Chapter Nine: Dying for Gdansk (May 29-June 2,1945)
Chapter Ten: Wheels Turning Before Poland (June-July 1945)
Chapter Eleven: "We'd Die for Pauliac" ( July 27, 1945)
Chapter Twelve: Escapes (August-September 1945)
Chapter Thirteen: Normandie-Niemen (September-October 1945)
Chapter Fourteen: No-Go Zones (September-October 1945)
Chapter Fifteen: A Last Christmas (December 1945)
Chapter Sixteen: Back Home (December 1945-January 1946)
Chapter Seventeen: The Accident (February 13, 1946)
Chapter Eighteen: Farewell (July 27, 1946)
Chapter Nineteen: And Now
Appendix One: the Abbey Beilliard's Speech.
Appendix Two: What Became of Them.
