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Pilot’s thanks fuels village school on New Britain Island
A 17 year odyssey follows Air Force pilot Fred Hargesheimer who, after a malaria fever in a bamboo hut, is saved by NanTambu villagers. He later returns with his son Dick to fund a school and hospital, opening the Airmen’s Nantambu Memorial School in 1964 with local labor, church aid, and U.S. supporters.
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Air Force
Cecee
New Britain Island
Fred
Lane
U.S
Fred Harenheimer
Nantambu
Lana
Hargesheimer
Nantambu Village
Air
Bill Townsend
United States
Airmen's Memorial School
Ewase
Methodist
Airmen's Nantambu Memorial
First State Bank
White Bear Lake
Minnesota
Fred Hargasheimer
Rabaul
Fred Hargesheimer
U.S. N
Firs State Bank
WEAMH
San Diego