Word: samoan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Guam, captured from Spain in a bloodless operation by the cruiser Charleston, June 20, 1898, became a U.S. dependency under the Treaty of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898. Samoan Islands were partitioned between the U.S. and Germany by treaty in 1899. New Zealand now has the former German holdings...
...woman trouble there'll be Steve's secretary, a tasty Samoan dish named Feeta Feeta. Harder to handle will be Copper Calhoon, "not exactly a good girl, yet within the legal limits. She's the daughter of a Wall Street wolf and just as tough as her old man. It's much easier to make a gal a baddie than a goodie. My plots are complicated. You've got to read it every day so that you'll know what happens. Make it so they can't stand...
Regarding the picture entitled "Marines in Kilts" (TIME, May 10), your informant neglected to make a distinction between the two native military organizations in American Samoa. The natives in the picture are "Samoan Marines," not "Fitas." The Fita-Fita Guard and Band is a part of the U.S. Navy and was organized at the naval station in 1904. . . . The First Samoan Battalion, Marine Corps Reserve, as the name implies, is a part of the Marine Corps and was organized in the summer...
Incidentally, you might also have told your readers that "fitafita" is the Samoan word for soldier, and "lavalava," besides being the native word for the skirt, means clothing in Samoan...
Both the Fitas and the Samoan Marines were of inestimable value during the months immediately following Pearl Harbor...