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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.
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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Sep 16, 2015 · "The forgotten Angel of Bastogne" died in her sleep Aug. 23 in Brussels at the age of 94. Family members, military and civilian officials paid tribute to Lady Augusta Chiwy during a funeral...
Aug 25, 2015 · Augusta Chiwy, a Belgian nurse whose unsung bravery in saving countless American soldiers wounded in the Battle of the Bulge was belatedly celebrated in 2011, died on Sunday near Brussels. She was...
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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Jul 29, 2015 · After risking her own life to treat injured soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, Chiwy’s bravery went unrecognised and her trauma undiagnosed. But King’s persistence paid off, resulting in a book The Forgotten Nurse and Emmy-winning documentary The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne.
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However, a young nurse named Augusta Chiwy had had the time to enter the city before its lockdown. 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.
