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Title: Two Versions
Review: The buyer should be aware that there was an Australian printing of his book, and an abridged version printed in the US. The US version is a bit over half the size of the original version. I had to order this book from a used book store in Australia in order to get the original version. This is the definitive book on the Coast Watchers. Feldt gives the different locations, names, problems, and outcome including the period after Guadalcanal where he had a heart attack and was replaced. Other very good books that cover the Coast Watchers include "Fire Over the Islands" by Horton, "Alone on Guadalcanal" by Clemens, "Hunted" by Murray and "Lonely Vigil" by Lord. The bibliographies of these books will lead you to a dozen or so more. Some are only available in Australian or English used book stores.These men were courageous and under terrible conditions managed to keep their equipment operational.
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