bigpigeon.us webpage WWII - Japan > Central Pacific  > Pacific Comm. Zone, updated by RAC 18 May 2022..
This webpage will hold content related to the war in the Pacific but from behind the combat zone. I view the Pacific Comm. (Communications) Zone as initially forming a broad arc, starting at the Anchorage area in Alaska Territory, south through Hawaii Territory, then arcing south and west through numerous island chains in the south Pacific, passing through New Caledonia and finally ending in Australia.

As the War with Japan progressed after 1942, the Comm. Zone grew in size, moving northwest in the Southwest and South Pacific and west in the Central Pacific. However, Hawaii always remained the linchpin; thus I have placed this webpage under the Central Pacific.

Except for the Japanese aerial attacks on Hawaii in December 1941 and Japanese submarine attacks, combat seldom reached the Comm. Zone.
The Pacific Area - 1939
The Pacific Area - 1939
Sources for the Pacific Communications Zone webpage:
  • ​The Pacific Area - 1939 map is copied from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Pacific_Area_-_The_Imperial_Powers_1939_-_Map.svg/1280px-Pacific_Area_-_The_Imperial_Powers_1939_-_Map.svg.png.
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​Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - The Pacific Communications Zone: ​08-05 - Central Pacific > Pacific Communications Zone: (nine dead, updated 24 May 2022)
† Bull, Lester Orville, SN 37-260-503, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • Co. B., 27th Replacement Bn., New Caledonia, South Pacific; d. 21 Aug 1943 from concussion in a truck accident; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Burgstrum, Clifford Montreville, civilian, Pott. Co.
  • worker at US Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; d. 19 Sep 1944, illness. Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Delaney, Harlan Albert, SN 37-487-707, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • 279th Replacement Co., Corps of Engineers; DNB 15 Oct 1944 Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea; laryngitis & tracheobronchitis; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Edmundson, William Thomas, SN 316-87-40, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • Naval Air Patrol Sqdn. VP-24, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 05027 crew member; KIA 13 Dec 1942, off Makapuu Point, Oahu; plane lost control & crashed into sea, two survivors; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone; BNR.
† Ellsworth, Dale Stanley, SN 316-35-54, O-203406 US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Navy Armed Guard on Liberty Ship SS M. H. De Young; KIA 14 Aug 1943; off Tonga, South Pacific; M. H. De Young torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 but remained afloat, towed to Tongatabu, and salvaged; three dead; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Heckman, Fred Herman, SN 375-78-78, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • Came on board Destroyer USS Chew (DD-106) 9 Jan 1942, reinlisted Jul 1943; still on Chew 9 Nov 1943; d. 24 Jan 1944; (the Chew was an old destroyer that performed rear-area duties in the Pacific Theater.); Central Pacific > The Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Hulsebus, William Lyle, SN 620-89-09, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • US Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; DNB 9 Oct 1944 at US Naval Base, Pearl Harbor; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.
† Porter, Harry Edward, SN 620-75-00, US Naval Aviation, Cass Co.
  • Naval Air Patrol Bomb. Sqdn. VPB 153, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon BuNo 37101 radioman; KIA 8 May 1945 Kaneohe Bay; plane crashed shortly after takeoff on antisubmarine training patrol, all six died; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone; BNR.
† Sorenson, Robert H., SN 675-670, USCG, Shelby Co.
  • Coast Guard cargo ship USS Serpens (AK-97); d. 29 Jan 1945 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Serpens exploded while loading depth charges; 196 Coast Guard personnel, 57 army stevedores, and two others died; Central Pacific > Pacific Comm. Zone.