World War II Remembered

Pacific Theater and Far East Map

87 Pacific Theater and Far East Authors Ten of our Pacific-Far East authors describe action on the islands or countries shown above and on the next page (in a closeup view). One author was at the Aleutian Islands, to the northeast of the map area: Frank Browning describes his flights from eastern Burma to China—and a wrong-destination landing in India. Sam Doak reports how his destroyer sank at the eastern end of New Guinea. Later he was at Guam, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and Okinawa. Robert Encherman saw service in the Aleutian Islands. George Harris tells of tigers at Assam in northeastern India. John Hennessey was at Luzon in the Philippines when the atomic bombs were dropped. Pacific Theater and Far East Map (Map courtesy of The History Place, Historyplace.com) 88 World War II Remembered Alan Horton sailed to the Philippines, then on to Okinawa and Tokyo Bay. James Keeley was a prisoner in the Philippines, then later in Japan. Robert Stanton was stationed at Luzon in the Philippines. William Tate’s voyages took him to New Guinea, Australia, the Philippines, Borneo in the Dutch East Indies, and Nagasaki, Japan. Arthur Turner flew combat missions above Guadalcanal, the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands. John Weeks reports adventures at Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea. (Map courtesy of The History Place, Historyplace.com) ...