LIFE ON WOODLARK ISLAND
(N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) (Rec. 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. Four days after they landed on Woodlark Island the American forces hacked 10 miles of tracks through the jungle and completed hundreds of defensive positions. In addition, living quarters were set up for thousands of men.' The ravenous insect life of the island is the main cause of discomfort to the occupation troops. • " Red ants climb inside your clothes and nip you," said an officer who has just returned from Woodlark Island. "They are more hated than deadly vipers." The scorpions there are three inches long, witU nippers like lobsters."
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Evening Star, Issue 24919, 17 July 1943, Page 5
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104LIFE ON WOODLARK ISLAND Evening Star, Issue 24919, 17 July 1943, Page 5
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