CANTON ISLAND: AERIAL CROSSROADS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Written by Carl Oates, John M. Sully
Published by Paladwr Press
in 2002
ISBN: 1888962216
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Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Trans-Pacific Prelude
- 2. Whales and Wilkes
- 3. Recognition of the Crossroads
- 4. Building the base
- 5. Wartime Strategic Link
- 6. Canton's Galvanic Effort
- 7. LORAN
- 8. International Family
- 9. Natural Forces
- 10. Landing at the Canton Crossroads
- 11. Living at Canton Island
- 12. Astronautical Flights
- 13. A Final Tribute
- MAPS
- 1. Flight of the Southern Cross
- 2. Path of the Eclipse
- 3. Earhart's Search for Howland Island
- 4. Pan American Airways, 1941
- 5. Canton Island
- 6. NATS in the Pacific War
- 7. Northside
- 8. Southside
- 9. Operation Galvanic
- 10. NATS Network 1945
- 11. The Republic of Kiribati
- 12. Kiribati v. U.S.A.
- Bibiliography (and Miscellaneous References)
- Index