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USMC "Chief of the Fita Fitas" 1925 Tutuila, Samoa includes description of Native Uniform


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Salvage Sailor

News item from 'The Leatherneck', January 10, 1925

 

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Lone Marine Commands Native Samoans

 

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SgtMaddoxUSMC

Funny, I just read this a few days ago in Leatherneck.  I wonder when the Fita-Fita Marines came into being, I know it was sometime around WWII.  

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On 2/4/2023 at 3:29 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

News item from 'The Leatherneck', January 10, 1925

 

742261319_FitaFitas0011925TheLeatherneck.jpg.f6f0034b440854848ad65d8801b25701.jpg

Lone Marine Commands Native Samoans

 

79951458_FitaFitas0021925TheLeatherneck.jpg.be0b9bf6f495454fc23c12ed629d6af0.jpg

I’m outta Likes but 👍

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