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...Sambula vanaka" is the native greeting, meaning "God bless you," and the shortened "bula" means "hello." U.S. soldiers and grinning natives shout "bula" at each other whenever they meet. One day a corporal said "bula" to a black boy. Reply: "Bula, hell, I came over on the boat with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Yanks in the Cannibal Isles | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

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