Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 December 1944Vol. XV, No. 5

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Vol. Xv. No. 5.

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Christmas

AT Christmas-time, 1942 1943, the people of Polynesia presented their traditional dances for the entertainment of overseas serroemen. These girls of French Oceania are typical of thousands who donned the festive costumes of the old times. But, this Christmas, will have few servicemen among their guests. The war, in 1944, has moved away, north of the Equator—and nearer to Tokio.

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