Pacific

Islands

Monthly

September 17, 1943

Vol. Xiv. No. 2.

Established 1930

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Polynesian

Soldiers

It was fiţing that Mrs. ELeanor Roose velt, wife of the President' of the United States, in the course of her goodwill four of the South Pacific, should pay some tri bute to the the Polynesian race who are fighting in the armies of the United Nations Al ready, the Maoris of NZ, and Tahitians, and New Caledon ians, have won glory and distinction, and we now learn that Fijians and Tongans are fighting gallant ly in the Solomons.

In this photograph, America's First Lady is seen inspecting a unit in Samoa. —Block by courtesy ,of “Sydney Morning Herald.”