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Author Lord, Walter, 1917-2002, author

Title Lonely vigil : coastwatchers of the Solomons / Walter Lord
Published New York : Viking Press, 1977

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  940.54099 Lor  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents "Steak and eggs" -- Alone -- "Forty bombers heading yours" -- The good shepard -- New eyes, new ears -- Taking the stick to the wolf -- Derailing the Tokyo express -- The strangest New Year's Eve -- Friends in need -- Driven out -- A very private war -- 165 uninvited guests -- The other Kennedy -- The final triumph
Summary Discusses the lives and experiences of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons, who operated behind Japanese lines during World War II, supplying vital information to the Allies and rescuing downed flyers and survivors of ships that had been sunk
Notes Includes index
Subject Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Islands Coastwatching Service
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Solomon Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Oceania.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Solomon Islands.
LC no. 76054257
ISBN 0670437654