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...Woodlark and on tiny Kiriwina Island in the Trobriand group, the Americans found no Japs. Ahead was hard work to establish camps and airplane landing strips, but the soldiers also had time to meet the friendly natives. Soon each soldier had an island price list, computed in terms of the stinking twist tobacco which serves for currency (one grass skirt, two or three sticks; one turtle, two sticks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Attack, Attack, Attack | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

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