Alone on Guadalcanal : a coastwatcher's story / Martin Clemens.
Alone on Guadalcanal : a coastwatcher's story / Martin Clemens.
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Publisher
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N940.5426/102
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1998.
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This remarkable memoir by the near-mythic British district officer and coastwatcher who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive in the Pacific war is a compelling true adventure story based on a journal Martin Clemens kept during the war. At the same time, it might well be the last critical source of analysis of the Solomons campaign.
Handsome, articulate, and courageous, the Scottish-born, Cambridge-educated Clemens managed to survive years behind Japanese lines in one of the most unfriendly climates and terrains in the world. After many partisan and spy missions, in 1942 he emerged from the jungle and integrated his Melanesian commando force into the heart of the 1st Marine Di...
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Alone on Guadalcanal : a coastwatcher's story / Martin Clemens.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index.
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N940.5426/102
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74VvWAlWOoKZ
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ISBN
155750122X (alk. paper)
DDC
940.5426
MMS ID
991012045849702626
