Ponam Island

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 "Seabees" between June to August 1944.[3] As half of the work area was swamp, coral was blasted and dredged from the ocean bed and used as landfill. During the Admiralty Islands campaign, it was used as a fighter base to provide repair and overhaul facilities for carrier aircraft.[4]

References
  1. "Admiralty Islands". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. Ponam language at Ethnologue
  3. "Ponam Airfield (HMS Nabaron), Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  4. 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

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