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Jap Sword Now Hangs In
Tongan Royal Pa Lace
A CAPTURED Japanese ceremonial S *S! Tonga Pr by nt a d New Q 2 e e e a" lander, Lieutenant Sid Heckler, who has ?n e Sie 5 Solomons th FiJ Commandos in me tooiomons.
Heckler and a party of Fijians and Tongans worked their way right through to the rear of the Japanese positions and cut a telephone line. Then they took cover and waited until a Japanese wir
ing party of seven men, led by an offl cer, arrived to repair the broken line.
The Japanese were ambushed and wiped out, and it was from the officer that "“thf Sal%aTat W Ntk h uaTo7a. hanßS wire 6 ” themSlTOs and attached a listening-in Set The Japanese, finding the line again in order, began transmitting messages and had given away much interesting information before they discovered that they were the victims of a typical Commando ruse,