John Howard Griffin
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John Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journe
Griffin c. 1963
Solomon Islands
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Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is an archipelagic country consisting of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands in Melanesia, Oceania, to the north-east of Australia. It
John Howard Griffin
…Forces stationed in the South Pacific, during which he was decorated for bravery. He spent 1943–44 as the only European-American on Nuni, one of the Solomon Islands, where he was assigned to study the local culture. He had a bout with spinal malaria that left him temporarily paraplegic. Griffin's first marriage was…
Solomon Islanders
Solomon Island warriors, armed with spears, on board an ornamented war canoe (1895)
Carlson's Raiders with captured Japanese equipment on Guadalcanal, December 1942
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) under aerial attack during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons