MEMORIES OF WAR

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Preface	p. vii
Island Names	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Backgrounds
"Micronesia"	p. 9
Cultural Memories and the Pacific War	p. 20
Micronesian Understandings of the Pacific War
The Meaning of War	p. 39
The Shock of War	p. 44
Hardship and Suffering	p. 72
Combat Experiences	p. 88
Micronesian Vantage Points
"It Was Not Our War"	p. 103
The Typhoon of War	p. 118
Questions of Loyalty	p. 127
Micronesian Responses to Wartime Pressures	p. 152
Cultural Themes in Micronesian Wartime Narratives
Some Micronesian Preoccupations	p. 169
Greetings and Farewells	p. 186
Conclusions
Wartime Memories in the Modern World	p. 219
"The Great Airplane"	p. 228
List of Participants in Oral History Interviews	p. 241
Notes	p. 249
References	p. 257
Index	p. 267
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