10. Fleming served briefly in the Pacific in the latter stages of the war
In December 1944, Fleming went to the Pacific Theater of Operations, sent there by Admiral Godfrey to identify areas of interest for the British. His trip to the theater was essentially one of information gathering for British Naval Intelligence, and he was back in Europe by war’s end there. Fleming’s espionage role for the British Navy ended in May, 1945. During his service, in 1942, he attended an Anglo-American Conference held in Jamaica, and decided to purchase land there. In 1945 he had a house built on the island, though he did not move to the island full time. He named the estate Goldeneye.
After the war, he was hired as the Foreign Manager for a newspaper publishing group which at the time owned, among other newspapers, The Sunday Times. He negotiated a contract which allowed him three months off every winter, during which time he lived at his Jamaica estate. During the remainder of the year, he lived in London, unless business took him to other destinations around the world. His job was the management of the global network of foreign correspondents who worked for the syndicate. By then Fleming had the basis of the James Bond universe at his disposal, though he had yet to create the character.