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The Pacific Post: Daily Newspaper of the British Pacific Fleet

I explain in I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety: The Diary of a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II that on Friday July 20th 1945 "The Pacific Post: Daily Newspaper of the British Pacific Fleet" was launched. My dad, Norman Buckle, saved a copy of the first edition with his diary. He was a member of  MONAB 4 stationed on the island of Ponam as part of the support network for the British Pacific Fleet in 1945. [If you click on the cuttings they're easier to read when they are on the black background.]



First page of the first edition of the Pacific Post: Daily Newspaper of the British Pacific Fleet 20/07/1945
 


Close-up of the main picture story.
 


Editorial Part 1
 


Editorial Part 2
 


From the front page of the first edition of The Pacific Post
 

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