Espiritu Santo

Espiritu Santo is an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It was inhabited by a Melanesian population since the Second Millenium B.C. It was given its present name by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, and later became part of the unique French-British colonial condominum of the New Hebrides. During World War II, the island was used by Allied forces as an important military supply and support base, naval harbor, and airfield.

Espiritu Santo in Worldwar
The American landing on Espiritu Santo was pne of the last moves in the island-hopping Pacific war which the United States conducted against Japan. It was carried out, in fact, when the Race' fleet was already in the vicinity of Earth and Atvar had alrady resolved to carry out the invasion of Earth, but before humans became aware of it. At the time Sam Yeager heard of the Espiritu Santo landing on the radio and wondered where the island was. Shortly afterwards, before the US forces had a chance to esttablish their depots on the island, the US was forced to call off the Pacific war in order to defend its own territory from the Race's invasion, and there was no further reason for the name of Espiritu Santo to be mentioned on international radio broadcasts.