WOODLARK ISLAND
10 MILES OF TRACKS MADE (Special Australian Correspondent.) (9 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 17. In four days after they landed on Woodlark Island the American forces hacked 10 miles of tracks through the jf.ingle and Completed hundreds of defensive positions. 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 one officer who has just returned from Woodlark Island, “They are more hated than the deadly vipers. The scorpions there are 3in. long with nippers like lobsters.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21149, 17 July 1943, Page 3
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104WOODLARK ISLAND Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21149, 17 July 1943, Page 3
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