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[edit]DescriptionLetter, 20 July 1941, page 3 of 4.jpg |
English: "They have very few beaches around here-the shoreline being made up of cliffs about sixty feet in height-so all the refuse was dumped right into the ocean. The boys began to notice that when the garbage was dumped the sharks came in to feed. They tried large hooks at first, but even the small sharks would straighten those so they made hooks out of this bar iron used for reinforcing concrete construction. No go. The damn sharks would come right up to the bait and nudge it with their noses, but only one made an attempt to take the offering.
This adventuresome, or foolish, shark took the edge of the bait in his teeth and started off. As soon as he felt the tension of the line, he spit out the salt pork and didn’t return for the" From the Edward L. Parke Collection (COLL/5627) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH |
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