Post #1705 by midnite on Fri, May 24, 2002 2:55 PM

That's a nice thought, and very appropriate. As Sven outlines in BOT we have a great debt to owe the GI's for hatching much of the Polynesian/Tiki craze of the post WWII era.

To say nothing of the primary benefit of their sacrifices in that theater of war.

My Dad got me started in all this. His Mr. Bali Hai man was the genesis of my mug collecting. He was a USMC combat veteran, took some beaches in the Marianas. Came back and enjoyed many things Polynesian the rest of his life.