As It Was; And As It Is

Prior to December, 1941, the new Resi dency at Ocean Island was regarded as one of the finest buildings of its kind in the South Seas. The picture on the left (published in “PIM” in November, 1941) shows the Residency as it was. The picture below shows the Residency as it is—after it had been struck by a Japanese bomb on December 10. There were many other objects on Ocean Island likely to interest enemy bombers; but, for some reason—probably sheer wantonness —they concentrated on this big white building, dropped some 20 bombs, and finally got it.