PACIFIC WAR - SPORTS TALK LIEUT B JESSUP AUCKLAND

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Year
1944
Reference
10901
Media type
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Year
1944
Reference
10901
Media type
Audio
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Series
Pacific War series
Duration
00:03:12
Broadcast Date
22 Apr 1944
Credits
RNZ Collection
JESSUP, BOB

Sports talk by Lieutenant Bob Jessup of Auckland.

"After the Japanese had been cleared from Nissan Island our company
began to make a basketball court. Coconut palms had to be blasted down
and the area cleared. At first men were reluctant to play this new game,
but later it became very popular".

DAT65 Tk30