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George and Rob, put away your kleenex.....

Posted by Tony on Thu Dec 13, 2001 07:45:57 PM

Or like Ian drury said....."Reasons to be cheerful" (maybe)

Caption reads.....

MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-11-24. NOW A DUMP, THIS HUGE CORAL PIT BEARS TRIBUTE TO THE COLOSSAL TASK WHICH CONFRONTED NO. 14 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON (ACS) RAAF. OVER 2,700,000 CUBIC FEET OF CORAL HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS PIT ALONE, TO PROVIDE SURFACES FOR AIRSTRIPS, RUNWAYS, DISPERSAL AREAS AND ROADS FOR RAAF AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT. AFTER REMOVING 4,224,150 CUBIC FEET OF CORAL, AS ONLY ONE OF ITS TASKS DURING ITS SERVICE AT MOROTAI, NO. 14 ACS HAS DISBANDED


Has anyone actually been over Morotai with a metal detector?

Tony

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