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AITUTAKI ISLAND - The construction and maintenance of airbase facilities on the island of Aitutaki within the Samoan Defense Group during World War II
THE COOK ISLANDS, 1820 -1950 - Richard P. Gilson, Victoria University in association with the Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, Wellington, New Zealand, 1980
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THE WAR FROM COCONUT SQUARE - H.E.L Priday, A.H and A.W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, 1945
YEARS of the POOH-BAH, A Cook Islands History War - Dick Scott, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, Auckland New Zealand, 1991
INTRODUCTION: The Cook Islands and World War II - Introductory Comments, Correspondence, and Bibliographic Resources (US National Archives and the US Air Force Historical Research Agency)
THE COOK ISLANDS IN WORLD WAR II: THE HISTORY OF PENRHYN AND AITUTAKI - The Pacific Theater in World War II and the development of Penrhyn Island and Aitutaki Island airbases within the Pacific Ocean Areas Command (4 Parts)
Sydney Morning Herald (18 December 1943) article on Gary Cooper, Una Merkel, Phyllis Brooks and Andy Arcari tour of the US bases of he South Pacific during WWII
THE COOK ISLANDS LOCAL DEFENCE FORCE, Rarotonga 1941-1945, researched and written by Barry O'Sullivan
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