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Laulasi Island

The village on Laulasi was mistakenly bombed by the Allies with TBF Avengers in August 1942. As a result of the attack, 27 villagers were killed.

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Source

  • Text: Kaj Metz
  • Photos: Wikimedia Commons
  • - Geoffrey Miles White; Lamont Lindstrom. The Pacific Theatre: Island Representations of World War II. (1989)

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