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出版日期:2015-12-14

1942年初，日本開始殘酷占領菲律賓，76000名生病和饑餓的菲律賓人和許多美國人被留下來保衛巴丹、馬尼拉和周圍的島嶼。在隨後的三年暴力占領期間，盟軍的同情者向全國各地的遊擊戰士和戰俘集中營走私物資和情報。特蕾莎·卡明斯基的《地下天使》講述了這個不太為人所知的抵抗運動中的兩名成員的故事——美國女性隻被稱為U小姐和高口袋。他們非常擅長繞過占領當局來支持盟軍的努力，他們秘密的戰時工作的本質意味著，隻要日本占領菲律賓，他們危險活動背後的真相就必須被掩蓋。一旦他們的身份暴露，他們就會被逮捕、折磨和處決。在整個戰爭期間，U小姐和有錢人一直隱藏在欺騙和詭計的麵紗後麵。《地下天使》講述了兩個普通的美國女人在特殊環境下做出英雄行為的故事。佩吉·烏廷斯基和克萊爾·菲利普斯是“Miss U”和“High Pockets”的幕後推手，她們的丈夫都是軍人，她們希望自己的秘密努力能讓她們與丈夫團聚。兩人都死於日本人之手，但烏廷斯基和菲利普斯在占領期間留下來，在醫院工作，運送物資，並建立他們的網絡。烏丁斯基在聖地亞哥堡經受了一個月的折磨，勉強活了下來，然後加入了約翰·布恩的遊擊樂隊，成為一名少尉，直到戰爭結束才回到紅十字會。 Phillips barely escaped execution in 1943, and was sentenced to hard labor in a prison camp, where she remained until February 1945.Angels of the Underground illuminates the complex political dimensions of the occupied Philippines and its importance to the war effort in the Pacific. Kaminski's narrative sheds light on the Japanese-occupied city of Manila; the Bataan Death March and subsequent incarceration of American military prisoners in camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan under horrific conditions; and the formation of guerrilla units in the mountains of Luzon. Angels of the Underground makes a significant contribution to the work on women's wartime experiences. Through the lens of Utinksy and Phillips, who never wavered in their belief that it was their duty as patriotic American women to aid the Allied cause, Kaminksi highlights how women have always been active participants in war, whether or not they wear a military uniform. An impressive work of scholarship grounded in archival research and personal interviews, this is also a stunning story of courage and heroism in wartime.