CANNIBAL HOSPITALITY
4» There- was much talk among an Air Corps squadron in the South Pacific of the horrors of being forced down among the aborigines, but very soon two men radioed back that their dive bomber was going down and the only land nearby was one of the canibal islands. The next day a routine search was made, lloaring low over the beach where the fliers might have landed, the searching pilots saw three natives carrying spears, one wearing a pilot's cap, another a pair of goggles, and the third a khaki shirt. The pilots feared the worst, when they saw an even more amazing sight. Beneath the shade.of a spreading tree lay their lost companions, their lanky frames encased in colourful garments. Around them were stacked heaps of tropical fruits. And over them stood two natives stirring a cooling breeze with tropical fronds. To their pop-eyed rescuers in. the planes above they gave only a languid wave.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 89, 11 July 1944, Page 6
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159CANNIBAL HOSPITALITY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 89, 11 July 1944, Page 6
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