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The coastwatchers received relatively little attention until the publication of this book in 1977. These remarkable individualists, operating deep behind Japanese lines in the dark days of 1942-3, lived by their wits alone, yet gave the Allies their best intelligence and rescued many from downed planes and sinking ships.Lord, Walter is the author of 'Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons (Bluejacket Books)', published 2006 under ISBN 9781591144663 and ISBN 1591144663.
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