I think it was already closed in 1969. I went on a flight to the Trobriand Islands which flew low over Salamaua, so we could see the US Army dumped equipment in the waters close by before we proceeded onto Losuia. It looked great enough to take a charter boat back later and see it up close. I was in The PNGVR (later version of NGVR) then, and that was late in 1969, my 1st son was born later in Madang, also a nice place, worth going to also is, Finschafen, near LAE, and "Beach Red" of Audie Murphy fame in the movie "Beach red" with his famous 1000 round 9mm automatic. There is a Japanese Monument to all their marines that were killed in the mangroves by US Soldiers, while invading the area
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