Description March 3, 1943 - Bethnal Green - London\'s East End Shortly after a quarter past eight, a siren split the air.
Dorothy and Marian\'s stories converge on a simple, hand stitched handkerchief..
But Dorothy and her comrades persevered, and their skills and upbeat attitude made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of wounded soldiers.
During World War II, US Army nurses worked and slept in tents through horrific weather, endured enemy fire, and even the disdain of their own superior officers, who believed women had no place in war.
Riding in the backs of Army trucks across North Africa, throughout the Sicily campaign, up the boot of Italy, and northward through France into Germany, Dorothy Woebbeking served as a surgical nurse with the 11th Evacuation Hospital.
A crushing burden descended, Then all went black.
Where was her baby? She attempted to get up, but an even heavier weight slammed her face down.
Another blow scraped her arm on the landing floor.
Someone cried out.
Her knee hit the concrete, Then something bashed her left side.
Then she tripped.
Uneven light shone over the paved steps.
The blackout made the going difficult, but her husband\'s instructions echoed in her brain: "Whatever you do, get down inside the station fast as you can."She hoped for a spot near the canteen, with access to milk.
She hugged her youngest child close.
Her mother and father-in-law, off on air warden duty, had left the front door unlocked.
Marian Williams lifted her sleeping daughter from her bed, and darted down the stairs.
Description March 3, 1943 - Bethnal Green - London\'s East End Shortly after a quarter past eight, a siren split the air
