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Papua New Guinea (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
by Adrian Lipscomb
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with references to "Port Moresby".
Excerpt - on Page 1: "
... held a contest for a more appropriate name. Suggestions included Genipapu, Pagini, Austrinesia, Bikpelaland, Blacksland and Pasifika, but a 10-year-old Port Moresby schoolgirl named Ade Asisa won the K50 first prize with Niugini, the Pidgin word for Papua New Guinea. The name ... "
Key Phrases:
Port Moresby, New Guinea, Air Niugini, New Britain, New Ireland, Milne Bay, international wharf, few kina, provincial government day, haus tambaran, tok pies, kina shells
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5th Air Force
by Turner Publishing Company
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with references to "Port Moresby".
Excerpt - on Page 12: "
... 1944-1945. STATIONS. Clark Field, Luzon, Nov. 14. 1941: Darwin, Australia, December 1941; Java, January-March, 1942; Townsville, Australia, Sept. 5. 1942: Port Moresby, New Guinea, December 1942: Nadzab, New Guinea, Feb. 21, 1944: Owi. Schouten Islands, c. Aug. ... "
Key Phrases:
Air Medal, Port Moresby, Distinguished Flying Cross, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, Bronze Stars, staff sergeant pilot, fighter control squadron, overseas service bars, air echelon, aerial engineer, bomb group
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The Third Force: ANGAU's New Guinea War, 1942-46 (The Australian Army History Series)
by Alan Powell
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with references to "Port Moresby".
Excerpt - on Page 2: "
... A sa. FNp ,e Gone '.-.Buna I ° Gulf of Papua Kaíruku•` .. PoPOndetta. Caro ~KOkoda WOODLARKI GOODENOUGHI Wanigela ~ Port Moresby ^ , -FERGUSON I~~ . ... "
Key Phrases:
New Guinea, Port Moresby, New Britain, District Services, Milne Bay, Mandated Territory, native rehabilitation, native medical orderlies, native relief, medical patrols, labour overseers, grim retribution
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Fortress Against The Sun: The B-17 Flying Fortress In The Pacific
by Gene E. Salecker
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with references to "Port Moresby".
Key Phrases:
Port Moresby, Del Monte, New Guinea, Clark Field, Espiritu Santo, South Pacific, squadron historian, bomb bay gas tanks, bombardment squadron, skip bombing, wild evasive maneuvers, ensuing air battle
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