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Million Dollar Point Where anarmy sankits past A decision that defied logic At the end of World War II, Espiritu Santo was the largest American

Airfields Carrying thewar forward Across Efate and Espiritu Santo, the jungle gave way to coral runways in a matter of weeks. What emerged were not

Efate base Where itall began The first step forward Before Espiritu Santo became the centre of Allied operations in the South Pacific, Efate was the

Santo base The engine ofthe pacific war A Base Without Equal When the United States began searching for a forward base to support operations against

The Bases Victory’sbackbone A Network Built For War The islands of Espiritu Santo and Efate became critical to the Allied war effort almost overnight following

Floating Dry Dock Giants on air USS ABSD-1 Of all the naval infrastructure established around Espiritu Santo during World War II, few matched the scale

SS President Coolidge Lost but notforgotten A ship shaped by two eras The SS President Coolidge holds a central place in the wartime history of

Captain Elwood J Euart A life given in service to others An undeniable act of self-sacrifice Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on 28 January 1914,

Videos Throughthe lens A visual record of war and memory The South Pacific World War II Museum is building a growing archive of film and

Million Dollar Point One Army’s Folly A legacy beneath the water Million Dollar Point is one of Vanuatu’s most distinctive dive sites, where huge quantities