Pacific War Ghosts

Description

Seventy years have passed since the islands of the South Seas were embroiled in the epic struggle of a world war. Despite the passage of time, in secret jungle glades and lagoons the ghosts of war still linger, shrouded in the memories of a generation now gone. Pacific War Ghosts is a personal account of author Tony Maxwell's journeys in search of these fast disappearing relics of war, and the stories they tell of those momentous events that changed the face of the South Pacific forever. Pacific War Ghosts details the authors travels to the South Pacific Battlefields of World War II. He visited the Kokoda Track and the Buna, Gona and Sanananda battlefields in Papua New Guinea. He travelled to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons and Kahili on the island of Bougainville. He photographed the treasure trove of Japanese aircraft on Ballale Island and walked the beaches of Tarawa.