![]() ![]() Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. Thousands of civilians – many of them young women from small towns across the South – were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. ![]() Written by Denise Kiernan, Narrated by Cassandra CampbellĪt the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. ![]() There, for the next three years, while enduring brutality and starvation, her bravery, resourcefulness, and faith are tested and her life forever changed.Īt once an epic tale of a nation at war and the deeply personal story of one woman’s journey through hell, A Pledge of Silence vividly illustrates the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made for their country, and the price they continued to pay long after the war was over. Captured by the invading Japanese, Margie ends up interned at Santa Tomas, an infamous prison camp. ![]() Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safe – the island is fortified, the airbases are ample, and the Filipino troops are well-trained. But on December 8, 1941, her dreamworld shatters. When Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be assigned to Manila – the Pearl of the Orient. ![]()
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