Coast watching in World War II : operations against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43 / edited by A.B. Feuer ; foreward by Walter Lord.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811733298
- ISBN: 0811733297
- Physical Description: xx, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2006.
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General Note: | Includes index. Originally published: Westport, CT : Praeger, 1992. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The retreat from Buka Island and the abondonment 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 -- Coast watching activities begin in earnest, April 19-August 7, 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 U.S.S. Nautilus rescue, November 4, 1942-January 1, 1943 / Jack Read -- Missionary work on Buka and Bougainville and the U.S.S. Nautilus rescue, September 1940-January 4, 1943 / 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 U.S.S.Gato rescue, January 2-April 30, 1943 / Jack Read -- Heading north, January 2-April 30, 1943 / Paul Mason -- The Japanese attack on Porapora and other coast watcher locations, May 1-July 19, 1943 / Jack Read -- The end of attempts to return to souther 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, Walter Radimey -- Escape from Bougainville: the U.S.S. Guardfish rescues, July 20-July 30, 1943 / Jack Keenan, Jack Read. |
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Cameron Public Library | NF HISTORY WW II 940 FEU (Text) | 32311111199711 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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