Men of the Fifth Air Force often needed jeeps for transport, and this is from where several were "obtained", seen running around Port Moresby's airfields.

We are suggesting inventiveness, not illegal acquisition. Outside the normal allotments, several deals were done, mainly involving whiskey for wheels. After all, Commander of the Fifth Air Force, General George Churchill Kenney, had sought 'operators', not paper-pushers.

This is the Headquarters for the 1156th Battalion Quartermaster, not far from Hanuabada village. Note the aircraft fuel drop-tank on the wooden rack to the left. Hanuabada is still there today, as so are the palm trees in the background.

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