| American
Samoa ~ 1962
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Pictures by and comments by Gordon McCann
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Clifford T. Jones turned native |

Native girl |

Art Rowan & Willie Williams - Crypto |

Note super highway - Art & Gordon |

Waterfall high in mountains |

Gordon taking a dip |

Native boy in Lava Lava with birds |

Boys who took us on a trip |

Armour Research Foundation's 2 GMDs |

Bud Leinbach, Steve Gladish & Sgt Hicks |

100,000 cu.ft. plastic balloon |

Operation Fishbowl news article |

Art Rowan & Gordon in natural pool |

Weather site living area |

Mess hall & Kim the assistant cook |

Samoa 6th Weather site from airstrip road |

Site's jamesway, GMD and inflation shelter |

Village on opposite side of island |

Another view of village |

Chief's fale, near Leone and site |

Island Moon Bar - island's better establishment |

Pool approx. 15' x 40' x 12'. Can see bottom |

Blowhole that fills pool |

Rainmaker Mountain |

Native Girl |

Port of Pago Pago |

Longboat races in front of tuna cannery |

New conference center |

S. Pacific Governor's Conference center |

Three Brothers Catholic School for boys |

School near weather site |

VIPs, Governor and Sec. of Interior Udall |

Samoan Policemen |

Samoan dancers |

Dancers |

Dancers for Flag Day celebration |

High Chief giving talk |

Dancers |

Typical native in red dress |

American and Samoan flags |

Village half way up Ana Navie |

Village of Leone in cove |

Thick vegetation, natives live where smoke is |

Crater in center, covered by vegetation |

Runways at airport |

Tony Landa |

Small village on other side of water |

Steep road up Ana Navie |

Steep incline to top of Ana Navie |

Atop of Ana Navie looking west |

Looking east toward highest peak |

Mountainous coastline |

Leone airstrip |

Island of Tutuila, American Samoa |

Coastline from top of hill |

Coastline |

Ship entering Pago Pago Harbor |
 Eastern end of island |
 Samoan grave on cliff |
A few extra pics to be added soon from Rarotonga, Fiji and Tongatapu |