This sign ivas erected by United States marines as' a return compliment to "Seabees" of a Navy Construction Battalion. It is placed beside a road the "Seabees" built on Bougainville Island, and which they had named "Marine Drive Hi-way." (Evening Post, 15 May 1944)

This sign ivas erected by United States marines as' a return compliment to "Seabees" of a Navy Construction Battalion. It is placed beside a road the "Seabees" built on Bougainville Island, and which they had named "Marine Drive Hi-way." (Evening Post, 15 May 1944)
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15-05-1944
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Evening Post
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This sign ivas erected by United States marines as' a return compliment to "Seabees" of a Navy Construction Battalion. It is placed beside a road the "Seabees" built on Bougainville Island, and which they had named "Marine Drive Hi-way." (Evening Post, 15 May 1944). Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/17790589

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