As the U.S. Air Force in Australia reached across the Torres Strait to smash at the Jap on New Guinea, airmen from Main Street got acquainted with exotic strangers.
> A bomber crew forced down on the sea was rescued by tiny aborigines. They took charge of a bombardier from Brawley, Calif., a navigator from Walla Walla, Wash., primitively tended their wounds, fed them coconut and sugar cane until rescue came.
> Another crew, forced down in the wilds of New Guinea, slept in their plane, awoke next morning to find themselves surrounded by little G-strung men who carried wicked three-foot knives....
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