Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands: The Bougainville Reports, December 1941-July 1943

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The South Pacific Coast Watching Network; The Retreat from Buka Island and the Abandonment of Kieta, December 12, 1941-August 7, 1942, Jack Read; Organizing the Coast Watching Operation in Northern Bougainville, February 20-April 5, 1942, Jack Read; Setting up the Southern Bougainville Coast Watching Station, March 6-August 7, 1942, Paul Mason; Air Battles at Guadalcanal, August 8, 1942-January 1, 1943, Jack Read; Porapora Days and the USS "Nautilus" Rescue, November 4, 1942-January 1, 1943, Jack Read; Missionary Work on Buka and Bougainville and the USS "Nautilus" Rescue, September-January 4, 1942, Sister Mary Irene Alton; The Japanese Search for the Southern Bougainville Radio Station, August 8, 1942-January 1, 1943, Paul Mason; The Reorganization of the Coast Watching Operation and the USS "Gato" Rescue, January 2-April 30, 1943, Jack Read; Heading North, January 2-April 30, 1943, Paul Mason; The Japanese Attack on the Porapora and Other Coast Watcher Locations, May 1-July 19, 1943, Jack Read; The End of Attempts to Return to Southern Bougainville, May 1-July 19, 1943, Paul Mason; The Death of Admiral Yamamoto and the Ambush of Mason's Party, March 29-June 26, 1943, Ken H. Thorpe and Walter Radimey; Escape from Bougainville - the USS "Guardfish" Rescues, July 20-July 30, 1943, Jack Keenan and Jack Read; Afterword, Noelle Mason; Military and Police Personnel on Buka and Bougainville.

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?Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands overall is a good, entertaining and informative read, perfectly suited for use by historians, students of World War II and anybody fascinated with the ways and means of intelligence. The book is blessed with plenty of maps, an absolute necessity in good military history, and Feuer has produced a very readable text, highlighted by excellent selections.?-World War II Magazine