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        Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island 
         Preface 
         Foreword 
         Chapter 1: Willis Island Today 
         Chapter 2: Willis Island is Conceived 
         Chapter 3: Willis Island is Born 
         Chapter 4: The Early Years 
        Extract from Overseas Telecommunication Veterans Newsletter, Submitted by Bob Inglis 
        Letter from Eric Riethmuller to Lyndon Wade, September 1981 
        Later Letter from Eric Riethmuller to Lyndon Wade 
         Chapter 5: Life in the 1930s 
         Chapter 6: Willis Island at War (194142) 
         Chapter 7: After the War 
         Chapter 8: Willis Island1960s Style 
         Chapter 9: The Value of Willis Island 
         Chapter 10: The Original Inhabitants 
         Appendix 1: Willis Island Milestones 
         Appendix 2: Willis Island Officers 
         Appendix 3: Log of Willis Island Observations, December 1922 
         Appendix 4: References 
        
        
  
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         The buildings on Willis Island in the 1920s. (Photographs courtesy of W. T. P. Smith)
          
         
         
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          Erecting an antenna, 1922.
         
         
         
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          Painting antenna guy wires, circa 1927. (Photograph courtesy of Eric Riethmuller)
         
         
         
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