Solomons Veterans Meet
p. 31 · Read in the full issue
A REUNION of men of the Ist Bn., Fiji Infantry Regiment, who served in the Solomons campaign, 1943-44, was scheduled at Suva for April 13, the 13th an niversary of the sailing of the bat talion from Suva.
For its services in the Solomons the unit received a Special Com mendation from General O. Gris wold, Commanding Officer of the 14th Army Corps, US Army. Since January, 1952, the Ist Bn. has been fighting the Communist terrorists in Malaya. t A Washington, DC, report says that Canton Island now has a population of about 280, mainly air port employees, and that the island now boasts a “supermarket ”