Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol. Xiv. No. 4.

November 17, 1948

Established 1930

IRegistered at the G.P.0., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper ]

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THE RAMU This remarkable photograph, published in “PIM” several years ago, was taken from a plane, at a great height, by Pilot Aubrey Koch (who has twice been “front page news,” in the Pacific War). It show the lower, section of the Ramu River and, in the distance (it was actually 35 miles from the camera) the island cone of Manam, with its active volcano.

The Australians are now fighting the Japanese in the upper valley of this river. The ground is broken and mountainous: but, owing to the camera’s great height, it appears flat. It is 20 miles from river to coast; 15 miles from coast to island.