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Kwaj, Quite an
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My name is Jan White. My Dad was stationed on Kwaj in
1951-52. I had my 10th birthday while we were there. I remember walking
to the "walk in" outside theater to see movies, and I remember that
school was a Quonset hut. Grades 1-5 were in one end and 6-8 were in the
other end. I was the only 5th grader. We couldn't go to school for
awhile because of a polio scare so our teacher taught lessons on the
radio. There was an outbreak of food poisoning at Christmas because of
bad shrimp at a squadron party. Both my parents were sick. We were
celebrities in a way because my uncle was on the Navy end of the island
(we were on the Air Force end) with his wife and son. I didn't know
there was so much on the internet about Kwaj until I did a search on my
cousin's name and it pulled up an entry he had made in a guestbook. I
then searched on Kwajalein and am amazed at how much there is. Our time
there was quite an experience for this kid. My Dad is Charles Osborne.
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Jan
White - Email:
catluvrjw2@sbcglobal.net |
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