Secondary use of World War II Equipment
in the Marshalls:
127 mm dual purpose gun components

A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann


Two 127mm ammunition ready boxes used as storage lockers, Jinbinmen Islet, Mile Atoll
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Two 127mm ammunition ready boxes used as storage lockers, Jinbinmen Islet, Mile Atoll
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

An 127mm ammunition ready box used as a water catchment, Mile Atoll, used as water catchment
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

A copra dryer made from a 127mm ammunition box, Mile Island, Mile Atoll
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

A copra dryer made from a 127mm ammunition box, Mile Island, Mile Atoll
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)




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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2001). Secondary use World War II Equipment in the Marshalls. 127 mm dual purpose guns --A Photo Essay. URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/WWII/127mmSecUse.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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