Base Camp

Figure 3. Landscape at the base camp has coral sand and broken fragments of reef rock. Unknown officer. P–38 fighter detachment, en route to New Guinea, stayed at Canton Island for two weeks quarantine because of a smallpox scare. Source: “The Flying Knights of WWII, George D. Alber photo collection,” website: flyingknights.net/gdalber/alber03.htm.

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