Includes index.

Originally published: Westport, CT : Praeger, 1992.

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.