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Street scene in Nandi, Fiji.
They drive on the left side here.
It was a thrill to ride in a jeep
and go around a curve on the wrong
side of the road !
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Restaurant at Nandi, Fiji, where
we went for an evening meal.
(Here the writer learned that "chips" are
what Australians call french fries.)
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Headquarters Building
at Schofield Barracks
on Oahu, Hawaii
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The writer at Schofield Barracks.
Probably June 12, 1966. Obviously
the writer had lost weight.
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| A view of Wakkiki Beach. |
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The writer at Wakkiki Beach.
(Now this is where we should
have had a tracking station !)
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| Flying back home at last. |
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The writer and sweetheart together again.
O'Hare Airport: July 3, 1966
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The writer had seen a few islands of the vast Pacific Ocean and visited places which are hard
to find on most maps. Some of these places were to become part of independent nations
later on. The writer gained an appreciation of the scope of World War II in the Pacific. In our
shelter on Swallow Island, oftimes
we would play the music of Victory at Sea to
help pass the time and it always
reminded me of the many battles and sacrifices made.
The writer was thankful for God's
protection and was glad to be going home.
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