I read Walter Lord's A Night to Remember about the sinking of the Titanic, and I know how well he wrote non-fiction. This book would seem an unlikely choice for a woman of a certain age who's never seen one nanosecond of combat, but. In Lonely Vigil, Walter Lord, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk, tells of the survivors of the campaign and what they risked to win the war in the Pacific. Through daring and insight, they stayed one step ahead of the Japanese, often sacrificing themselves to give advance warning of an attack.
They were Australian-born but Solomon-raised, and adept at survival in the unforgiving jungle environment. Sometimes encamped in comfort, sometimes exposed to the elements, these coastwatchers kept lookout for squadrons of Japanese bombers headed for Allied positions, holding their own positions even when enemy troops swarmed all around. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands' highest points. The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.
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