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Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos centre spread, maps at front, some toning rear endpapers, pages lightly toned, minimal foxing edges, minor edgewear (mainly spine), minor pencil annotation (tiny ticks some pages). 242 pp. This book from the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education is a unique record of Solomon islander experiences during the Pacific War (World War 2 in the Pacific against the Japanese). Their voices, speak not only about the critical roles they played coastwatching, fighting and working, but also they are a testimony and provide meaning of wartime events for their culture and history. This book is also a contribution to Solomon Pijin literature. The stories are given in both English and Solomons Pijin, so that the book will have value not only as a record of this unique period in Solomon Islands history, but also as a tool for language learning and literacy. (Preface by William Bennett. No ISBN in book.).…