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Airplane arrivals were a once-a-week event in those days of the 16-seater amphibious SA-16. Local policemen stand in line to welcome a distinguished visitor to Chuuk in 1957. The terminal may seem primitive by today's standards, but it was as good as any in Micronesia in the 1950s.
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