Audio Review-The Indomitable Florence Fitch Interview with author Robert J. Mrazek

Seventy Five years ago tomorrow, September 2, 1945  marked the official end of WWII, the deadliest military conflict in history where a total of 70-85 million people perished. It was a time in history that should NEVER be forgotten especially now when there are so few left who lived during that time. It was also 100 years ago last month that the US passed the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Today I'm super excited to bring you the story of a very special woman, a wife, a mother, a war hero, a survivor.  And super excited to share with you a conversation with the author, Robert J. Mrazek. 
No matter the format this is a MUST READ for all!
Enjoy! 

ASIN: B088J8D8BR

ISBN-13: 978-0316422277

Publisher: Hatchett Books

Release Date: 9-2-2020

Length: 368pp

Source: Netgalley audio for review

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Overview:

“An American hero-long forgotten-finally gets her due in this riveting narrative. You will absolutely love Florence Finch: her grit, her compassion, her fight. This isn’t just history; she is a woman for our times.”

-Keith O’Brien, the New York Times bestselling author of Fly Girls

The riveting story of an unsung World War II hero who saved countless American lives in the Philippines, told by an award-winning military historian.

When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days to her own children.

Florence was an unlikely warrior. She relied on her own intelligence and fortitude to survive on her own from the age of seven, facing bigotry as a mixed-race mestiza with the dual heritage of her American serviceman father and Filipina mother.

As the war drew ever closer to the Philippines, Florence fell in love with a dashing American naval intelligence agent, Charles “Bing” Smith. In the wake of Bing’s sudden death in battle, Florence transformed from a mild-mannered young wife into a fervent resistance fighter. She conceived a bold plan to divert tons of precious fuel from the Japanese army, which was then sold on the black market to provide desperately needed medicine and food for hundreds of American POWs. In constant peril of arrest and execution, Florence fought to save others, even as the Japanese police closed in.

With a wealth of original sources including taped interviews, personal journals, and unpublished memoirs, The Indomitable Florence Finch unfolds against the Bataan Death March, the fall of Corregidor, and the daily struggle to survive a brutal occupying force. Award-winning military historian and former Congressman Robert J. Mrazek brings to light this long-hidden American patriot. The Indomitable Florence Finch is the story of the transcendent bravery of a woman who belongs in America’s pantheon of war heroes.