Travels to the South Pacific Battlefields of World War II Papua New Guinea - The Solomon Islands Bougainville and Ballale Island - Tarawa 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 Maxwells 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.