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Islanders of the Trobriands Mean Gum and Paradise
Islanders of the Trobriands still chew gum decades after World War II GIs handed it out. The Trobes, famed as Isles of Love, attract tourists and face tensions over Papua New Guinea independence as locals push for development and self governance. A jailhouse church, weekly airstrips, and a growing tourism trade frame life on 14 miles of main island with 18 vehicles and 4 principal islands.
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Peter O'Loughlin
Associated Press
Trobriand Islands
Trobriand
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
New Britain
158Th Infantry
Trobriands
Paradise
Trobes
Port Moresby
North Australian
New Guinea
Moresby
Frank Holland
United States
Papua New Guinea