Use dmy dates date August 2011 Refimprove date October 2007 BiukuGasa and EroniKumana were indigenous people of Solomon Islands , of native Melanesian descent, who found John F. Kennedy and his surviving ... and rescue During World War II , BiukuGasa and EroniKumana were tasked with patrolling the waters ... Australian Coastwatchers Coastwatcher Lt. Arthur Reginald Evans and BiukuGasa and EroniKumana would ... to the United States so they would not forget . BiukuGasa died on 23 November 2005. EroniKumana ... Islands de BiukuGasa es BiukuGasa y EroniKumana ... II publisher Burd Street Press year 2003 isbn 1 57249 260 0 ref Later years Kennedy later invited BiukuGasa and EroniKumana to attend his presidential inauguration in 1961, but the pair was duped en ... he had witnessed was probably from the lost PT 109 . On 2 August Gasa and Kumana were .... In absence of writing utensils, BiukuGasa suggested that Kennedy should inscribe a message on the husk ... help, BiukuGasa lived in a house paid for by the Kennedy family 5k , National Geographic 5k and the balance ... by Brian and Sue Mitchell. The Kennedys also constructed a house for EroniKumana. It fell down in the 2007 tsunami, but Kumana survived the storm. ref cite web url http www.swimforgizo.oceanswims.com ... 11 August 2007 title shake shake swim for gizo publisher oceanswims ref Gasa and Kumana were interviewed ... . In 2003, a swim was organized to raise money for BiukuGasa s community. Lives BiukuGasa was born ... 2007 09 eronikumana gets his flag.html EroniKumana Gets His Flag Associated Press, 2 September ... not speak English well. After the war Gasa and his wife Nelma had six children. They lived off coconuts and crops. They also caught fish in Vonavona lagoon . Gasa was the local patriarch, as most of the residents are descendants of the old man as he was known and he rarely left the island. Gasa was still ... photographs with a hat and a T shirt that read I rescued JFK . Kumana created a shrine with an obelisk ... more details
Gasa may refer to Gasa District , Bhutan and the district capital town of Gasa, Bhutan Gasa barangay Medina, Misamis Oriental , Philippines Gasa barangay Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur , Philippines Gasa poetry , a form of Korean classical poetry Gasa hat Biuki Gasa , Solomon Islander one of two scouts who found the crew of John F. Kennedy s Motor Torpedo Boat PT 109 Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport , airport serving Jinghong, Yunnan, China Gasa, Jinghong , town in Jinghong, Yunnan, China, and the location of the Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport Disambig de Gasa ko it Gasa nl Gasa ... more details
Eroni s Circus is a traditional travelling Australian circus , founded in 2007 and owned by Tony and Cathy Maynard. Acts include performing horses and ponies , trick roping , performing dogs, hula hoop s, trapeze , and other aerial acts, acrobatics acrobats , juggling , clowns , etc. Eroni s Circus performs in a 32 metre, red and white Big Top Tent Marquees and larger tents marquee . The circus often performs at agricultural shows and corporate functions. It is not to be confused with another circus by the name of Eroni s Circus or Eroni Brothers Circus, which was operated from the late 19th century to early 20th century by distant relatives of the current proprietors. References http www.truelocal.com.au business eronis circus melbourne http www.centralwesterndaily.com.au news local news general circus gets the show rolling 175983.aspx http es la.facebook.com pages Bacchus Marsh Australia Eronis Circus 56393956345 http www.hotfrog.com.au Companies Eronis Circus 2631835 Category Australian circuses ... more details
Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 Infobox rugby biography name Eroni Clarke image birth name Eroni Clarke nickname birth place Apia , Western Samoa allblackid 152 allblackno 919 height convert 1.86 m ftin abbr on weight convert 90 kg stlb abbr on ru position Centre rugby union Centre ru proclubs ru clubyears ru clubcaps ru clubpoints ru amateurclubs Suburbs ru amateuryears ru amateurcaps ru amateurpoints ru amupdate ru nationalyears 1992 98 ru nationalteam All Blacks New Zealand ru nationalcaps 10 ru nationalpoints 25 ru ntupdate super14 Blues Super rugby franchise Blues br Highlanders Super rugby franchise Highlanders super14caps 48 br 2 super14points 70 br 0 super14years 1996 2000 br 2001 super14update ru province Auckland Rugby Football Union Auckland ru provinceyears 1991 2002 ru provincecaps 154 ru provincepoints 354 ru provinceupdate other occupation school Henderson High School Auckland Henderson High School URL birth date Birth date and age 1969 03 31 df yes Eroni Clarke born 31 March 1969 in Apia , Western Samoa was a Samoan born New Zealand rugby union player who played for Auckland Rugby Football Union Auckland , the Blues Super rugby franchise Blues , the Highlanders Super rugby franchise Highlanders and the All Blacks at international level. Clarke made 154 appearances for Auckland Rugby Football Union Auckland , making him the fifth equal with Sean Fitzpatrick most capped player in the union s history. He also scored 73 tries for Auckland, the fourth most in the union s history. Clarke also made 48 appearances for the Auckland ... , making his international debut in 1992. Eroni is currently working as a sports presenter for Maori ... name Eroni Clarke Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Clarke, Eroni ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... , Western Samoa DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Clarke, Eroni Category Living people Category ... Blues rugby union players Category 1969 births fr Eroni Clarke ... more details
Infobox cricketer biography playername Eroni Loganimoce image country Fiji fullname nickname living true dayofbirth 6 monthofbirth 10 yearofbirth 1930 placeofbirth Tabou , Lau Islands countryofbirth Fiji dayofdeath monthofdeath yearofdeath placeofdeath countryofdeath heightft heightinch heightm batting bowling Right arm Seam bowling medium role international true club1 year1 deliveries balls columns 1 column1 First class cricket FC matches1 3 runs1 31 bat avg1 7.75 100s 50s1 &ndash &ndash top score1 22 deliveries1 312 wickets1 5 bowl avg1 35.40 fivefor1 &ndash tenfor1 &ndash best bowling1 2 45 catches stumpings1 3 &ndash date 14 March year 2010 source http www.cricinfo.com ci content player 24059.html Cricinfo Eroni Loganimoce born October 6, 1930 is a former Fijian people Fijian cricket er. Loganimoce was a right arm Seam bowling medium pace bowler. Loganimoce made his first class cricket first class debut for Fiji national cricket team Fiji in 1954 against Canterbury Wizards Canterbury during Fiji s 1953 54 tour of New Zealand . During the tour he played two further first class matches, with his final first class match for Fiji coming against Auckland Aces Auckland . In his 3 first class matches for Fiji he scored 31 runs at a batting average of 7.75, with a high score of 22. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 35.40, with best figures of 2 45. In the field Loganimoce took 3 Catch cricket catches . Loganimoce also represented Fiji in 58 non first class matches from 1954 to 1978, with his final match for Fiji coming against Franklin District Franklin , 24 ... Eroni Loganimoce at Cricinfo http www.cricketarchive.co.uk Archive Players 24 24489 24489.html Eroni Loganimoce at CricketArchive Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Loganimoce, Eroni ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Fijian cricketer DATE OF BIRTH 1930 10 06 PLACE OF BIRTH Tabou , Lau Islands DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Loganimoce, Eroni Category 1930 births ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Korean name title Gasa hangul hanja also rr gasa mr kasa Gasa or Kasa was a form of poetry popular during the Joseon Dynasty in Korea . They were commonly sung, and were popular among yangban women. Jeong Cheol , a poet of the 16th century, is regarded as having perfected the form, which consisted of parallel lines, each broken into two four syllable units. The form had first emerged during the Goryeo period. See also Korean poetry Korean literature History of Korea DEFAULTSORT Gasa Poetry Category Korean poetry Category Joseon Dynasty Category Important Intangible Cultural Properties of South Korea Korea stub ko it Gasa poesia ru ... more details
Infobox settlement name Gasa settlement type Dzongkhag image map mapsize map caption pushpin map Gasa Bhutan pushpin mapsize 300 pushpin map caption Location of Gasa dzongkhag within Bhutan pushpin label ... Gasa Dzong area footnotes ref name nsb.gov.bt 2010 area total km2 3117.74 elevation max footnotes ref ... of Bhutan showing former borders of Gasa File Bhutan CIA WFB 2010 map.png thumb 300px Map of Bhutan showing borders as of 2010 Gasa District or Gasa Dzongkhag Dzongkha Wylie transliteration ... is Gasa Dzong near Gasa, Bhutan Gasa . It is located in the far north of the county and spans the Middle .... Gasa has an area of convert 3117.74 km2 abbr on as of 2010, ref name nsb.gov.bt 2010 formerly ... fyp 09 Gasa.pdf title Gasa Dzongkhag Ninth Plan 2002 2007 publisher http web.archive.org web 20050407182204 ... it is also the least developed. History Gasa was formerly a drungkhag sub district of the Punakha ... Five Year Plans of Bhutan Five Year Plan . ref name nsb.gov.bt 2010 Geography Gasa is bordered to the north .... Gasa is divided into four gewog s ref name nsb.gov.bt 2010 cite web url http www.nsb.gov.bt pub ads gasa.pdf title Annual Dzongkhag Statistics 2010 Gasa format PDF publisher http www.nsb.gov.bt National ... and chiwogs in Gasa 2011 format PDF publisher http www.election bhutan.org.bt Election Commission , Government ... Gasa has become a tourist destination because of its pristine forests and the exceptionally scenic ... to the Dzong in less than two hours. The majority of the known herds of wild Takin occur in Gasa. Electricity ... to be complete by 2012. Gasa is most famous for its Layap people, and for the Snowman Trek , one of the most challenging treks in the Himalayas. Environment All of Gasa is an environmentally protected ... the northeast reaches of Gasa are part of Wangchuck Centennial Park Lunana Gewog . ref name BTF1 cite ... in Gasa publisher Election Commission, Government of Bhutan year 2011 accessdate 2011 07 28 ref Several of glaciers of Bhutan Bhutan s glaciers are located in Gasa, namely in Lunana Gewog , which borders ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2012 Infobox Film name Yatar gasa image Yatar gasa poster.jpg caption Japanese movie poster director Kazuo Mori producer Kadokawa Pictures Daiei writer Fuji Yahiro starring music Ichir Sait cinematography Shozo Honda editing distributor released July 2, Japanese films of 1957 1957 ref jp icon http www.jmdb.ne.jp 1957 cg002570.htm accessed January 7, 2009 ref runtime 94 min. country Japan awards language Japanese budget preceded by followed by nihongo Yatar gasa , literally English title Yataro s Travel Hat , is a 1957 color Cinema of Japan Japanese film directed by Kazuo Mori . Cast Raizo Ichikawa as Yatar and others See also Kasa hat References reflist colwidth 30em External links pa icon http www.raizofan.net link4 movie2 yataro.htm imdb title 0350348 Yatar gasa Kazuo Mori CinemaofJapan Category Japanese films Category 1957 films Category Films directed by Kazuo Mori Category Daiei films 1950s Japan film stub ... more details
info website www.gasadzongkhag.gov.bt, www.nab.gov.bt, www.nationalcouncil.bt footnotes Gasa is a town near Gasa Dzong in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan . ref cite web url http geonames.nga.mil ... www.maplandia.com bhutan gasagasa Satellite map at Maplandia.com Category Populated places in Bhutan Bhutan geo stub et Gasa nl Gasa stad ru uk ... more details
blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Gasa Dzong or Gasa Tashi Tongm n Dzong near Gasa, Bhutan Gasa is the administrative center of Gasa District Gasa Dzongkhag district in the northwestern ..., p.300 ref In January 2008 Gasa Dzong was badly damaged by fire. ref cite news author Needrup Zangpo title History ablaze in Gasa newspaper Bhutan Observer location Thimphu date 25 January 2008 year ... node 349 Gasa Tashi Thongm n Dzong Category Dzongs of Bhutan Category Populated places in Bhutan bhutan geo stub dz es Dzong Gasa mk ro Gasa Dzong ru ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Kumana National Park iucn category II photo photo caption map Gislanka locator.svg map caption Kumana National Park locator x 225 locator y 325 location Eastern Province, Sri Lanka Eastern Province , Sri Lanka nearest city Hambantota lat d 6 lat m 30 lat s 47 lat NS N long d 81 long m 41 long s 16 long EW E area 35,664 ha established 20 January 1970 visitation num visitation year governing body Department of Wildlife Conservation Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation Kumana National Park in Sri Lanka is renowned for its Bird avifauna , particularly its large flocks of migratory waterfowl and wader wading bird s. The park is convert 391 km southeast of Colombo ... The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The Sunday Times accessdate 2009 06 16 ref Kumana is contiguous with Yala ... 2009 06 16 ref Kumana was formerly known as Yala East National Park , but changed to its present ... 20061018 News.html title Yala East becomes Kumana National Park last Mendis first ... are shallow with depths less than convert 2 m ft . Kumana villu is subject to occasion al ... tree of the Kumana villu is Sonneratia caseolaris , while Typha angustifolia is the dominant ... spp. and Neptunia oleracea . Fauna Kumana Bird Sanctuary, declared in 1938, is included within the Kumana National Park. ref name IWMI 2006 Kumana is one of the most important bird nesting and breeding ... Senarathna 2005 During April July months tens of thousands of birds bird migration migrate to the Kumana ... , and Great Thick knee are breeding inhabitants of the Kumana villu. ref name IWMI 2006 Waders ... in the Kumana is estimated at 30 40. ref name dwlc.lk cite web url http www.dwlc.lk cgi bin template.pl ... The Kumana area is part of an ancient civilization that goes back to the 3rd century BC ... been found in the region. The Kumana National Park lies on the route of the traditional annual foot ... Lanka The Sunday Times accessdate 2009 06 16 ref Flora and fauna of Kumana gallery Image Cassia fistula.jpg ... more details
Infobox Airport name Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport nativename image Jinghong airport.jpg IATA JHG ICAO ZPJH center Location map China Yunnan width 220 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label JHG position right lat deg 21 lat min 58 lat sec 26.09 lat dir N lon deg 100 lon min 45 lon sec 34.60 lon dir E small Location of airport in Yunnan province small center type Public operator city served Jinghong location near Gasa, Jinghong Gasa Town, Jinghong elevation m 553 elevation f 1,815 coordinates Coord 21 58 26.09 N 100 45 34.6 E type airport website metric elev yes metric rwy yes r1 number 16 34 r1 length m 2,200 r1 length f 7,218 r1 surface Concrete Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport zh s t p X shu ngb nn G s J ch ng is an airport in Jinghong , Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan , China airport codes JHG ZPJH . Due its location in Jinghong, it is also known as Jinghong International Airport Airlines and destinations Airport dest list Air China Chengdu China Eastern Airlines Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Beijing Capital, Kunming, Wuhan China Southern Airlines Chongqing, Kunming China West Air Kunming Lao Airlines Luang Prabang Lucky Air Dali, Kunming, Lijiang Shanghai Airlines Kunming, Shanghai Hongqiao Shenzhen Airlines Kunming See also List of airports in the People s Republic of China References http www.ynairport.com eng index.asp Yunnan Airport Group Reference http worldaerodata.com wad.cgi?id CH00049 World Aero Data GASA ZPJH Airports in the People s Republic of China Airports in Yunnan Category Airports in Yunnan PRC airport stub Yunnan geo stub eu Xishuangbanna Gasa Aireportua ms Lapangan Terbang Gasa ja vi S n bay Gasa T y Song B n N p zh ... more details
about the 2008 song 1973 song Haruomi Hosono Original research date February 2009 Infobox single Name Ai Ai Gasa Cover Artist Tegomass from Album Tegomasu no Uta B side Bokura no Uta br Moshimo Boku ga Pochi Dattara... br Boku no Cinderella Released June 18, 2008 Format Maxi single Recorded 2008 Genre J Pop Length Label Johnny s Entertainment Writer Zopp Producer Chart position Last single Kiss Kaerimichi no Love Song br 2007 This single Ai Ai Gasa br 2008 Next single Tanabata Matsuri br 2009 Misc nihongo Ai Ai Gasa is the 3rd single music single of the Japanese duo Tegomass released on June 18, 2008 by Johnny & Associates Jonny s Entertainment . The single was used as ending theme for the anime Neo Angelique Abyss . It ranked 1st on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and charted for 13 weeks. ref cite web url http www.oricon.co.jp music release d 769523 1 title ORICON STYLE publisher Oricon.co.jp date 2008 06 20 accessdate 2011 11 03 ref Ai Ai Gasa is certified Gold by the RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies. ref cite web url http www.riaj.or.jp data others gold 200806.html title publisher Riaj.or.jp date accessdate 2011 11 03 ref Title Literally nihongo ai ai gasa means to share an umbrella , ref See wiktionary on Wiktionary . ref however, it could also be read as Love Love Umbrella , as the word for love is also pronounced ai . As such, sharing an umbrella as a couple in Japan is considered a romantic expression, and teens often draw an umbrella with their name and the name of their crush, the way one would in a heart. In Tegomass s video, the two are creating rain to make a young boy and girl walk under an umbrella together. Tracklists Limited edition Tracklist Ai ai gasa Bokura no Uta Moshi mo Boku ga Pochi Dattara DVD Tracklist Ai ai gasa PV Ai ai gasa Making Regular edition Tracklist Ai ai gasa Bokura no Uta Moshi mo Boku ga Pochi Dattara Boku no Cinderella Ai ai gasa Original Karaoke References reflist s ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 The Search for Kennedy s PT 109 is a National Geographic Magazine National Geographic television special and video. It documents the original story of John F. Kennedy s PT 109 from World War II , and the project of Dr. Robert Ballard s successful search for the wreck of the boat. They meet and interview Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana , the original two natives who found Kennedy s shipwrecked crew when the US Navy had given them up for dead. PT 109 DEFAULTSORT Search For Kennedy s Pt 109 Category 2002 films Category Seafaring films based on actual events Category World War II navy films Category Works about John F. Kennedy Category Documentary films about United States history Category National Geographic Society Category Documentary films about World War II Hist documentary stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Coord 8 7 0 S 157 0 0 E display title type waterbody Image NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png 300px thumb right Blackett Strait separates the large round island Kolombangara from Arundel to the south and Gizo to the west. Blackett Strait is a waterway in the Western Province Solomon Islands Western Province of the Solomon Islands . It lies between the islands of Kolombangara to the north, and Arundel Island Kohinggo to the south. It connects Vella Gulf to the west with Kula Gulf to the east. During the Solomon Islands campaign in World War II , the Battle of Blackett Strait was fought here between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy on the night of 5 6 March 1943. An unnamed engagement between a small American PT boat force and Japanese destroyers on 2 August 1943 became famous in the U.S. when John F. Kennedy s Motor Torpedo Boat PT 109 PT 109 was rammed by a destroyer, and saved by locals Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana in a dugout canoe. PT 109 Category Straits of the Solomon Islands Solomons geo stub fr D troit de Blackett ru sv Blackett Strait ... more details
British Solomon Islands Protectorate the Protectorate of British Empire Was established When Missionary activity then started at the mid 19th century and European colonial ambitions led to the establishment of a German Protectorate over the Northern Solomons, following an Anglo German Treaty of 1886. A British Solomon Islands Protectorate over the southern islands was proclaimed in June 1893. Germany German interests were transferred to the United Kingdom under the Samoa Tripartite Convention of 1899, in exchange for recognition of the German claim to Western Samoa . World War II File B 17 bombing japanese positions on Gizo Island, Solomon Islands.jpg right thumb 260px American B 17 Flying Fortress B 17 bombers over Gizo, Solomon Islands Gizo . main Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Japan ese forces occupied the Solomon Islands in January 1942. The counter attack was led by the United States the 1st Division of the US Marines US Marine Corps Battle of Guadalcanal landed on Guadalcanal Pacific Ocean island Guadalcanal and Tulagi in August 1942. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II took place on the islands for almost three years. Tulagi, the seat of the British administration on the island of Nggela Sule in Central Province was destroyed in the heavy fighting following landings by the US Marines. Then the tough battle for Guadalcanal, which was centred on the capture of the airfield, Henderson field, led to the development of the adjacent town of Honiara as the United States logistics centre. Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana Islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana Biuku Gasa deceased 2005 and Eroni Kumana Gizo were Allies scouts during the war. They became famous when they were noted by National Geographic Society National Geographic for being the first men to find the shipwrecked John F. Kennedy and his crew of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT 109 PT 109 using a traditional dugout canoe . They suggested the idea of using a coconut which was later kept on the ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name PT 109 Cover Artist Jimmy Dean from Album Portrait Of Jimmy Dean Released 1962 Format 45 Recorded 1962 Genre Pop music Pop Length Label Columbia Writer Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch Producer Certification Last single To a Sleeping Beauty br 1962 This single PT 109 br 1962 Next single Steel Men br 1962 PT 109 was a song by Jimmy Dean about the adventures of John F. Kennedy and the crew of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT 109 PT 109 . The boat was famous even before Kennedy ran for office because it was cut in two after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer, after which came a survival story, and rescue by native islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana by canoe, though the islanders were not included in this version of the story. In 1961 Dean had recorded Big Bad John , a song that would become his biggest hit ever, and echoed at the end of PT 109. It went to number one on the country and pop charts. He had five more top forty songs in 1962. PT 109 was his biggest hit in 1962, reaching the top ten as Kennedy was still president. It peaked at number three on the country chart and number eight on the pop chart. It was one of several military themed singles of the 1960s, along with the Ballad of the Green Berets , Billy and Sue, Gonna Raise A Rukus Tonight, Sky Pilot song Sky Pilot Part One and Soldier Boy. Chart performance class wikitable Chart 1962 Peak br position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles align center 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 align center 8 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening align center 2 PT 109 Category Jimmy Dean songs Category American patriotic songs Category Songs about the military Category 1962 singles Category Songs written by Marijohn Wilkin 1960s single stub ... more details
Coord 8.5333333 S 157.3333333 E display title format dms Image Rendova Island NASA.jpg thumb 280px Rendova Island seen from space Rendova Island is an island, part of the New Georgia Islands of Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean South Pacific , east of Papua New Guinea . There are two indigenous languages spoken on Rendova Island the Austronesian languages Austronesian language Ughele language Ughele in the north, and the East Papuan languages Papuan language Touo language Touo in the south. The black sand beaches along the South West coast of Rendova are an important nesting ground for the critically endangered leatherback turtle Citation needed date August 2010 . Community based conservation organisation the Tetepare Descendants Association runs a leatherback conservation program in the villages of Baniata, Havilla and Retavo on this coastline Citation needed date August 2010 . Rendova is the setting for the humorous book Solomon Time by Will Randall, about a British school teacher who moves to a village on Rendova to help organise a community project. World War Two Image American forces landing at Rendova Island.JPEG thumb American landing at Rendova Island In 1943, the US Allies major base for PT boat s was in Rendova. Solomon Islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana paddled their dugout canoe 35 miles 60 km to reach the base and deliver a message inscribed on a coconut from then Lieutenant junior grade John F. Kennedy after his PT boat, PT 109 , was run down by the Japanese destroyer IJNS Japanese destroyer Amagiri Amagiri and he and his crew were stranded on one of the local islands. ref American Warriors Five Presidents in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Burd Street Press, ISBN 1 57249 260 0, 2003 http www.americanwarriorsfivepresidents.com ref ref PT 109, Donovan, R.J., McGraw Hill, c. 1961, 2001, ISBN 0 07 137643 7 ref References reflist External links http www.tetepare.org http www.tetepare.org Islands of the Solomon Islands PT 109 SolomonIslands ... more details
Use dmy dates date May 2011 Use Australian English date May 2011 Arthur Reginald Evans 14 May 1905 31 January 1989 was a shipping clerk at Paddington, a suburb of Sydney, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 25 July 1940. He was allotted service number NX57823 and served with the 2 9th Army Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery until discharged on 9 October 1942 as a Warrant Officer Class 2. ref http www.ww2roll.gov.au script veteran.asp?ServiceID A&VeteranID 175029 ref He was born in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . The Naval Board in 1922 set up coastwatching organisation that was operated through the Naval Intelligence Division. Originally confined to mainland Australia it was expanded to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at the outbreak of war in 1939. Evans who had worked in the Solomon Islands was recruited by the Coastwatchers and was commissioned a sub lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve RANVR on 11 October 1942. ref http www.ww2roll.gov.au script veteran.asp?ServiceID N&VeteranID 1189711 ref ref Australia in the War of 1939 1945, Series 2 Navy, Royal Australian Navy, 1942 1945 Volume II 1st edition, 1968, p. 279 ref Sub Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Evans Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom DSC secretly manned an observation post atop Kolombangara island while over 10,000 Japanese soldiers were camped at Vila, Solomon Islands , on the southeastern tip of the same circular volcanic island. Evans spotted the explosion of John F. Kennedy s boat Motor Torpedo Boat PT 109 PT 109 during World War II on 2 August 1943, but did not realize at the time it was an Allies of World War II Allied loss. Evans later received and decoded the message that the PT 109 was missing, and he dispatched Solomon Islander scouts Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana in dugout canoes to find the crew. Image GuadCoastwatcher.gif 250px thumb right Captain Martin Clemens, Australian Coastwatcher on Guadalcanal, rendered services to Allied forces ... more details
of the adjacent town of Honiara as the United States logistics centre. BiukuGasa and EroniKumana Islanders BiukuGasa and EroniKumanaBiukuGasa deceased 2005 and EroniKumana Gizo were Allies ... more details
Solomon Islanders BiukuGasa and EroniKumana in a dugout canoe to look for possible survivors after ... Gasa and EroniKumana were alive when visited by National Geographic Society National Geographic in 2002 ... to a National Geographic Society National Geographic interview, it was Gasa who suggested it and Kumana ... and movie The sailors sang Jesus Loves Me Yes Jesus Loves Me to pass the time. Gasa and Kumana ... presented with a gift from the Kennedy family. Biuki Gasa died in late August 2005, his passing noted only in a single blog by a relative. According to Time Pacific magazine, Gasa and Kumana ... to local officials. Gasa and Kumana gained a little fame only after being identified by National ... Rhoades, presented EroniKumana with gifts, including an American flag for his actions more than 60 years earlier. ref cite web url http blog.oregonlive.com oregonatwar 2007 09 eronikumana gets his flag.html title EroniKumana gets his flag first Mike last Francis date 18 September 2007 .... Kennedy and his men survived for six days on coconuts before they were found by the scouts. Gasa and Kumana disobeyed an order by stopping by Naru to investigate a Japanese wreck, from which they salvaged ... with either the language or the people. Gasa later said All white people looked the same to me. Kennedy ... by National Geographic shortly before Gasa s death. The coconut shell was preserved in a glass ... more details
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