One of the last survivors of a top-secret Second World War unit says he fears its efforts in the Pacific will be forgotten and is posting his story online before it is too late.
Credited with "saving the Pacific", the Australian-led coastwatchers operated behind enemy lines with Pacific Island soldiers and scouts to spy on the Japanese Imperial forces.
Dozens of coastwatchers were captured and killed, but they had many successes, including saving the life of a future president of the United States.
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