y work for the past two decades has dealt with Micronesians’ memories of the Pacific War. Historians have produced libraries of books on that war’s military strategy, on air, naval, and land battles, on the experiences of leaders and ordinary soldiers and sailors—even, more recently, on the meaning of battle sites to Japanese and Americans today. But historians had little to say about the people who lived on those strategically vital islands: how they survived, whether they took sides, what they thought and suffered, and how war changed them and their children and grandchildren. To address this, I collaborated with Suzanne Falgout and Laurence M. Carucci on two volumes combining oral and docu-mentary history, The Typhoon of War ( ) and Memories of War ( ). Our work paralleled that of researchers in Southwest Pacific islands, describing the profound transformations generated by global war: the devastation of invasion and bombing, of course, but also food shortages, forced labor, relocation, martial law, and shifts in colonial power, gender roles, religion, and family structurey work for the past two decades has dealt with Micronesians’ memories of the Pacific War. Historians have produced libraries of books on that war’s military strategy, on air, naval, and land battles, on the experiences of leaders and ordinary soldiers and sailors—even, more recently, on the meaning of battle sites to Japanese and Americans today. But historians had little to say about the people who lived on those strategically vital islands: how they survived, whether they took sides, what they thought and suffered, and how war changed them and their children and grandchildren. To address this, I collaborated with Suzanne Falgout and Laurence M. Carucci on two volumes combining oral and docu-mentary history, The Typhoon of War ( ) and Memories of War ( ). Our work paralleled that of researchers in Southwest Pacific islands, describing the profound transformations generated by global war: the devastation of invasion and bombing, of course, but also food shortages, forced labor, relocation, martial law, and shifts in colonial power, gender roles, religion, and family structure.