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Victory Garden on Guadalcanal by three Texans and crew pets
Three Texans in Guadalcanal aviation unit start a 35 by 35 foot Victory Garden to supply beans onions potatoes radishes and watermelons for the PBY reconnaissance squadron mess. The group includes Chief Aviation Pilot Charles Barnes and Aviation Chief Radioman A. D. Keen and Jim W. Martin, with Radioman F. G. Musser tending chickens. Also noted are a dog Zero born in New Caledonia and cat Mits, plus visiting Army nurses from the 25th Evacuation Hospital seeking Bougainville duty amid rugged base life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. McCarthy
Guadalcanal
Victory Garden
Charles 5S. Barnes
Houston
A. D. Keen
Grapeland
Jim W. Martin
Velasco
F. G. Musser
Roanoke
Musser
Menogene
Zero
Mits
Mitsubishi
New Caledonia
Kalali
Mitsi
25Th Evacuation
Bougainville
South Pacific War Zone
Bastien Sisters
Lois and
Charlotte
Hinckley
Jane Mussel
Oak Park
Freda Druding
Toronto
Ont
Virginia Davis
Marguerite Amundson
Ruth Peterson
Evelyn Mills
Ethel Casperson
Chicago
Arlene Cumberland
North Attleboro
Mass
Edna Nelson
Hallock
Minn
Helen Loncher
Moose Heart
Ill
Red Cross
Mildred Wagle
Pittsburg
Navy