Oh, Honiara...
pp. 90-91 · Read in the full issue
By a Staff Writer
Among the “fan” letters to turn up in our office recently was one from Mr. Urban D. Kapler, of 1726 W. MacKenzie Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85015, USA. Mr. Kapler was a member of the 25th Infantry Division, US Army, on Guadalcanal and New Georgia from January, 1942, to December, 1942.
“The enclosed photo,” Mr. Kapler said, “was taken for tactical pur poses back in 1942 for use by our Armed Forces in Guadalcanal, as you may surmise from the numerals shown thereon.
“Judging from the information contained in PIM from time to time, it is my assumption that Honiara
should be situated just above Point Cruz, on this aerial photo.
“As Guadalcanal must certainly present a somewhat more refined aspect today, it occurred to me that you might wish to publish it."
Mr. Kapler, of course, is quite right in his assumption about where Honiara is situated—as the photo at right, taken recently by Ted Marriott, clearly shows.
Incidentally, Mr. Kapler says he has had a number of prints made of his photo, which he is willing to supply to “interested parties on Guadalcanal”.