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Oct 15, 2014 · In Augusta Chiwy, the Forgotten Angel of Bastogne, U.S. Army Sgt. Vincent Pedican tells us how one woman volu...more. During World War II, more than half a million service members were...
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- usembassybrussels
'The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne'a documentary film about Augusta Chiwy, a black nurse who saved countless American lives in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. She has been...
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- Martin King
In July 2015 a documentary film about Chiwy entitled Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne, produced by Martin King and directed by Mike Edwards, won the Emmy Award for Historical Documentary.
Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne. This true story begins with two nurses, Renee LeMaire and Augusta Chiwy, as they treat patients in the Bastogne aid station. Renee was killed on Christmas Eve and became famous as "The Angel of Bastogne."
The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne: Directed by Michael Edwards. How one black woman in 1944 overcame racism, the German's and the odds to become one of the Second World War's unlikeliest heroes.
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The young woman, born in Belgian Congo from a black mother and a white veterinarian father from Bastogne, where she lived since she was 9, had become nurse in 1943 despite the racism plaguing Belgium at that time.
A bright light out of King Leopold's Belgium and the no more forgotten angel of Bastogne: Augusta Chiwy. Her story had to be told. JessicaLauren15 ★★★★½. A beautiful story about the strength, endurance, and service of a WWll nurse.
