A nurse escaped occupied Hong Kong and kept servingSourced
She escaped occupied Hong Kong.
Then kept nursing across Asia.
US-born Elsie Chin nursed the wounded during the 1941 battle for Hong Kong. After the Japanese occupation, she escaped in disguise to mainland China, worked with the Chinese Red Cross, taught first aid in India, and joined the US Army Nurse Corps in 1944.
Her escape was followed
by more service.
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