Bobcats

Bobcats us troops

In Bora Bora · 1942 - 1946

Jean-Christophe Shigetomi, author of three works of reference about the Tahitian participation in the Second World War, opens another page of history with Bobcats, a page which is set on the island of Bora Bora, the 'Pearl of the Pacific'. Access to military archives revealed to him some little-known aspects of the American presence on the island. Rumors and local hearsay concerning diplomatic relations between the Free French and the Americans, the co-existence between locals and the military and the American evacuation of the island in June 1946 are explored and verified. But revisiting the history of the Bobcats is above all a necessary pilgrimage for us and the many North American tourists who visit us.