Table of Contents

Preface     1
Historical Note     5
Timeline     7

1 Preparing for War (Jan 7, 1941–Aug 6, 1942)     11
2 Guadalcanal (Aug 7, 1942–Dec 15, 1942)     69
3 Australia and Cape Gloucester (Dec 16, 1942–Feb 7, 1944)     160
4 Return and Rebuilding (June 2, 1944–Dec 31, 1945)     197

Afterword     213
Annotations     215
Bibliography     239
Military Index     243
General Index     247