Ponam Island
 Location of the Ponam Island among the Admiralty Islands | |
  Ponam Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 1°54′45″S 146°53′8″E / 1.91250°S 146.88556°E |
| Archipelago | Admiralty Islands |
| Length | 2.4 km (1.49 mi) |
| Width | 0.365 km (0.2268 mi) |
| Naval Base Administrative |  United States Navy 1944-1947 |
Ponam Island is located off the north coast of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.[1]
The Ponam language is spoken on the island.[2]
The Ponam Airfield was built by the US Navy 78th Naval Construction Battalion "
USO entertainer Bob Hope stop at Ponam Airfield in 1944 with an unscheduled show with troops from surrounding bases.[4][5]
Ponam Airfield
- Based at Ponam Airfield was:
- 78th Naval Construction Battalion
- 140th Battalion
- ACORN 28 - Seabee unit
- VMF-312 (24 x FG Vought F4U Corsair unit)
- VP-130 (15 Lockheed Ventura [PV-1] unit)
- VC-75 (Grumman F4F Wildcat unit)
- Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 42
- Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 13
- Carrier Aircraft Service 587
See also
References
- ^ "Admiralty Islands". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ Ponam language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Ponam Airfield (HMS Nabaron), Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ U.S. Navy Department (1947). Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Volume II. History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940–1946. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 301–302. OCLC 1023942
- ^ "Background to Ponam Airfield". October 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.
Further reading
- Carrier, James G (1981). "Ownership of productive resources on Ponam Island, Manus Province". Journal de la Société des océanistes. 37 (72): 205–217. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- Carrier, James G., and Achsah H. Carrier (1989). Wage, Trade, and Exchange in Melanesia: A Manus Society in the Modern State. Berkeley: University of California Press.
External links
- Photo of Ponam Island, Panaramio
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
