Possible Clues:

• South Seas island, capital Papeete
• South Pacific resort island
• It populates fantastic Thai island
• Largest of the Society Islands
• 'Omoo' setting
• Fighters successfully targeted island, one in the Pacific
• Get it back about one strike in the Pacific?
• Setting for Melville's 'Omoo'
• Idyllic South Seas island
• Island in Windward group of the Society Islands