>From what I hear it was in New Guinea, possibly near Port Moresby or Madang.
I can't be any clearer than that at the moment as one contact of mine moved
about a lot there after the war.
I have also heard tales from many older historians that at Milne Bay New
Guinea, a pontoon wharf was extended out as far as they could safely go from
land. Then they would drive or tow whatever they could and drive it off the
end into "deep" water.
This was all part of the lend-lease bill at the time. A real waste. It would
be almost powder or coral reef by now. Mixed with explosives and all sorts
of temperamental goodies.
Rgds,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven P. Allen <spallen@rolemail.ccis.edu>
To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 2:31 AM
Subject: [MV] Re: Re. Sunken treasures
>I came acrss this on another list. Does anyone on the MV list know the
>location of "Million Dollar Point"?
>
>Steve Allen
>>
>>
>>Anyway, during WW II much heavy equipment was flown and shipped into the
>>South Pacific to build airstrips on the islands and coral atolls. After
>>the war, the brass in charge made the executive decision that it would
cost
>>too much to return all this equipment to the U.S. They also didn't want
>>the equipment abandoned, because "The native islanders would appropriate
>>them and use them." (And we can't have THAT, can we?) So orders were
>>given to fire up the machines and drive them over the highest cliff into
>>the ocean. One atoll had a place called "Million Dollar Point", where
>>supposedly millions of dollars worth of dozers, graders, scrapers, trucks
>>and tractors were dumped into the ocean.
>>
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>Richard & Judy Walker
>>Irvine, California
>>rick427@primenet.com
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