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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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Augusta Marie Chiwy (6 June 1921 [a] – 23 August 2015) was a Belgian nurse who was a volunteer during the Siege of Bastogne in 1944. She worked with the U.S. Army physician John Prior and with fellow Belgian nurse Renée Lemaire, treating injured soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. [3]
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." Augusta's story was lost to history for sixty-five years.
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Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne. Nurse Augusta Chiwy saves American soldiers at a U.S. military aid station during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium.
Sep 1, 2017 · Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne. Martin King. Rowman & Littlefield, Sep 1, 2017 - History - 256 pages. A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And...
SEARCHING FOR AUGUSTA: THE FORGOTTEN ANGEL OF BASTOGNE tells the little-known story of Augusta Chiwy, a black nurse, and her heroic service at a U.S. military aid station during the opening days of the Battle of The Bulge.
