Foreword /Benis M. Frank -- pt. I. Geo-Military Aspects of the Pacific Theater -- The Pacific Ocean -- The Islands -- Population and Political Dynamics -- Terminology -- pt. II. World War II in the Pacific Chronology -- Pacific Ocean Area -- Southwest Pacific Area -- pt. III. The Islands -- Central and Southern Pacific U.S. Possessions -- Wake Island -- Midway Island -- Johnston Island -- Palmyra Island and Kingman Reef, Line Islands -- Christmas and Fanning Islands, Line Islands -- Canton Island, Phoenix Group -- French Frigate Shoal, Hawaiian Islands -- South Pacific Area -- The Island Bases and the Southern Lifeline -- Borabora Island, Society Islands -- Tongatabu Island, Tonga Islands -- New Caledonia Island.