ABC Radio: The Battle For Ballale

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The Battle For Ballale
Late Night Live with Philip Adams, Interview with Justin Taylan
For many years, the relics of World War II littered the jungles and beaches of the South Pacific. But now, a lot of those relics are vanishing, not just to time and tide—but to collectors. There’s a big and lucrative market, especially, for the last of the Pacific warplanes.
A new war is being fought over what’s left of these old battlefields, a fight between the people who want to salvage and restore the warplanes and those who say they should now be left where they are.





