Table of Contents
Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1: Willis Island Today
Chapter 2: Willis Island is Conceived
Chapter 3: Willis Island is Born
Chapter 4: The Early Years
Chapter 5: Life in the 1930s
Chapter 6: Willis Island at War (194142)
Information Provided by Bill Smith
Chapter 7: After the War
Chapter 8: Willis Island1960s Style
Chapter 9: The Value of Willis Island
Chapter 10: The Original Inhabitants
Appendix 1: Willis Island Milestones
Appendix 2: Willis Island Officers
Appendix 3: Log of Willis Island Observations, December 1922
Appendix 4: References
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W. T. P. (Bill) Smith about to release a pilot balloon, 194142 (Photograph courtesy of W. T. P. Smith)
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The living quarters, 194142. The 6000 gallon water tank is in the foreground (Photograph courtesy of W. T. P. Smith)
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