Foreword by Walter Lord

Preface

Introduction: The South Pacific Coast Watching Network

The Retreat from Buka Island and the Abandonment of Kieta, December 12, 1941-August 7, 1942, by Jack Read

Organizing the Coast Watching Operation in Northern Bougainville, February 20-April 5, 1942, by Jack Read

Setting Up the Southern Bougainville Coast Watching Station, March 6-August 7, 1942, by Paul Mason

Air Battles at Guadalcanal, August 8, 1942-January 1, 1943, by Jack Read

Porapora Days and the U.S.S. Nautilus Rescue, November 4, 1942-January 1, 1943, by Jack Read

Missionary Work on Buka and Bougainville and the U.S.S. Nautilus Rescue, September-January 4, 1943, by Sister Mary Irene Alton

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

The Reorganization of the Coast Watching Operation and the U.S.S. Gato Rescue, January 2-April 30, 1943, by Jack Read

Heading North, January 2-April 30, 1943, by Paul Mason

The Japanese Attack on Porapora and Other Coast Watcher Locations, May 1-July 19, 1943, by Jack Read

The End of Attempts to Return to Southern Bougainville, May 1-July 19, 1943, by Paul Mason

The Death of Admiral Yamamoto and the Ambush of Mason's Party, March 29-June 26, 1943, by Ken H. Thorpe and Walter Radimey

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

Afterword by Noelle Mason

Military and Police Personnel on Buka and Bougainville

Index

Photographs