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prisoners of war

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Military nurses in World War II served in combat zones, including aboard Navy hospital ships and ashore under enemy fire, and some military nurses were captured and held as prisoners of war.
September 02, 1945 high temporal
Typical roles and risks faced by military nurses during World War II.
Prisoners of war in North Vietnam at times communicated through walls in solitary confinement using tapping codes.
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Tapping codes were a method used by detainees to transmit messages between cells or through walls when verbal communication was impossible.