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

Name: Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands The Bougainville Reports, December 1941-July 1943
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ISBN: 9780275942038

ISBN-10: 0275942031

ISBN-13: 9780275942038

Edition: 1992

Authors: A. B. Feuer

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The Bougainville Reports--by Jack Read, Paul Mason, and other coast watchers--are vivid accounts of the coast watching activities on Buka and Bougainville Islands in the Solomon Islands chain during World War II and describe in detail one of the most successful intelligence operations of the war. By the time war came to the South Pacific on December 8, 1941, an excellent intra-district communication network had already been established on Bougainville. A daily system of radio reporting was put into effect by Lieutenant Commander Eric Feldt, who later wrote: "Few realized that when the first waves of United States Marines landed on the bitterly contested beaches of Guadalcanal, coast…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 5/21/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

A. B. Feuer is a military historian and freelance newspaper and magazine journalist. He has published several books and articles.



Foreword



Preface


Introduction: 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



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-January 4, 1943



The Japanese Search for the Southern Bougainville Radio Station, August 8, 1942-January 1, 1943



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



The Japanese Attack on 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



The Death of Admiral Yamamoto and the Ambush of Mason's Party, March 29-June 26, 1943



Escape from Bougainville: The U.S.S. Guardfish Rescues, July 20-July 30, 1943 Jack Keenan Jack Read


Afterword



Military and Police Personnel on Buka and Bougainville


Index


Photographs