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HI EVERYONE     I AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE TULAGI REFERENCES.THIS IS THE TULAGI I REMEMBER.WE WENT FROM GUADALCANAL TO TULAGI BY PT BOAT.WENT ENTERRED GTHE CHANNEL; GOING INTO TULAGI.AT THE END OF THE CHANNEL WE BORE RIGHT AROUND THE END OF IT .THETRE WAS A SIGN ON THE RIGHT THAT SAID CALVERTVILLEWE WERE TOLD THAT THIS AREA WAS A SUB BASE.WE TURNED RIGHT AND WENT A SHORT WAY FURTHER DOWN THE CHANNEL.ON THE LEFT THERE WAS ONE PIER THAT WE DOCKED AT. WE ;EFT THE BOAT AND WALKED FROM THE PIER ONTO METAL AIRPLANE TREADS THAT WERE USED TO COVER THE MUD.ON THE LEFT WAS A TORPEDO/MACHINE SHACK.ON THE RIGHT THERE WERE A LOT OF SHACKS BUILT UP ON STILTS ANDN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT WAS A HEADF BUILT OUT OVER THE WATER.WE WENT TO A "SHACK" ON THE RIGHT AMIDST THE OTHER ONES.THIS HAD ARMY COTS IN IT.WE BUNKED THERE/WE WERE THEN TAKEN TO A SJCK FURTHER DOWN THE TREADS.THERE WERE LITTLE TABLES THERE AND A SIGN BOARD INSIDE.A LT JG GAVE US WRITING PAPER AND FORMS TO FILL OUT.THESE WERE FOR US TO FILL OUT OUR LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS AND INSURANCE FORMS SHOWING OUR BENIFICIARIES.WHAT A GREETING THAT WAS.THIS PLACE WAS DIRTY,MUDDY AND LOADED WITH INSECTS AND BUGS.AND ANIMALS..THE JAP PLANES CAME OVER EVERY NIGHT AND DROPED BOMBS AROUND THE HEAD AREA.THEY SEEMED TO KNOW WHERE IT WAS AND BLEW IT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN WE WERE THERE.WE WERE TOLD not TO PITCH TENTS AROUND THE OUTSIDE PERIMIER CLOSE TO THE JUNGLES ADGE AS THERE WERE STILL JAPANESE HIDDEN AROUND THE AREA. A COUPLE OF GUYSWERE KIL;LED IN THAT AREA.  DOES ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER TULAGI LIKE THIS?

earl richmond[EndQuote]

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