Turtle Meat For Us
p. 42 · Read in the full issue
Soldiers
Noumea, June 1.
AMERICAN soldiers at one large South Pacific base, where fresh meat is hard to get, are enjoying plenty of fresh turtle-meat.
The turtles weigh 200 to 300 lb., and range from to feet long. They are purchased alive from native fishermen, who are adept in catching them.
US soldiers assigned to look after the turtles after they have been caught find them difficult to handle until they learn the trick of turning them over on their backs. Natives have been hired to carry out killing and butchering in the proper way. The Army method is to freeze the meat for at least two days prior to dis tribution.