Praeger, 1992. A NEW copy, issued without dust jacket. Maps, photographs, appendices, index, 172 pages. Books consists mainly of the diaries of Australian coast watchers Paul Mason & Jack Read. Contents: Forward by Walter Lord; Preface; Introduction: the South Pacific Coast Watching Network; 1. The Retreat from Buka Island and the Abandonment of Kieta, December 12, 1941 - August 7, 1942 (Jack Read); 2. Organizing the Coast Watching Operation in Northern Bougainville, February 20 - April 5, 1942 (Jack Read); 3. Coast Watching Activities Begin in Earnest, April 19 - August 7, 1942 (Jack Read); 4. Setting Up the Southern Bougainville Coast Watching Station, March 6 - August 7, 1942 (Paul Mason); 5. Air Battles at Guadalcanal, August 8, 1942 - January 1, 1943 (Jack Read); 6. Porapora Days and the USS Nautilus Rescue, November 4, 1942 - January 1, 1943 (Jack Read); 7. Missionary Work on Buka and Bougainville and the USS Nautilus Rescue, September 1940 - January 4, 1943; (Sister Mary Irene Alton); 8. The Japanese Search for the Southern Bougainville Radio Station, August 8, 1942 - January 1, 1943 (Paul Mason); 9. The Reorganization of the Coast Watching Operation and the USS Gato Rescue, January 2 - April 30, 1943 (Jack Read); 10. Heading North, January 2 - april 30, 1943 (Paul Mason); 11. The Japanese Attack on Porapora and Other Coast Watcher Locations, May 1 - July 19, 1943 (Jack Read); 12. The End of Attempts to Return to Southern Bougainville, May 1 - July 19, 1943 (Paul Mason); 13. The Death of Admiral Yamamoto and the Ambust of Mason's Party, March 29 - June 26, 1943 (Ken H. Thorpe and Walter Radimey); 14. Escape from Bougainville: the USS Guardfish Rescues, July 20 - July 30, 1943 (Jack Keenan and Jack Read); 15: Epilogue (Jack Read and Paul Mason); Afterward by Noelle Mason; Military and Police Personnel on Buka and Bougainville.
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