Bill Bair & Frank Mahoney [Mahony] meet M boat. Rev. Rireher's blonde girls. Tol. [Truk] Aug. 1950

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345

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Duggan, Margo

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1950-08

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The Margo Duggan Collection: Slides of Micronesia & Hawaii, 1949-1954

Citation

Duggan, Margo, “Bill Bair & Frank Mahoney [Mahony] meet M boat. Rev. Rireher's blonde girls. Tol. [Truk] Aug. 1950,” UHM Library Digital Image Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/show/7210.

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Anonymous

The reference to Rev. Rireher in this photo is incorrect. The correct name is Kaercher. I lived on Truk as a boy and met Pastor Kaercher and his family. My father was Cdr. Alan Pipkin, Sr. U.S.N. Pastor Kaercher was a German Liebebzell missionary. During WWII, Pastor Kaercher, his family and several other missionaries were interned by the Japanese on Udot a tiny island near Tol. Pastor Kaercher's life as a missionary on Truk has been described in a book "Licht un der Sudsea" (Light in the South Seas) by Dr. Wilhelm Kaeser. The little boy in white shorts is Ernst named for Pastor Kaercher's brother, a German soldier who died on the Russian front. The bare chested American in kakhi shorts is Mr. Mayo (not Mahoney) who was our next door neighbor on Moen, one of my father's colleagues. by Alan Pipkin (grannylou2@verizon.net) at 2009-04-17 02:07:39

Anonymous

I also lived on Truk as a young boy in the late 50's-early 60's. I'm very interested in exchanging photos/stories from that time. by Sven Beck (svensd@usa.net) at 2010-12-27 14:04:34

Bill Bair & Frank Mahoney [Mahony] meet M boat. Rev. Rireher's blonde girls. Tol. [Truk] Aug. 1950

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