Show romantic pacific isles prove lure to many ex servicemen navy men hen take discharges at island bases long heralded in song and film as the land of beauty and romance glamour and adventure the myriad islands of the pacific left a lasting imprint on thousands of american servicemen whose war duties gave them their first glimpse of the palm fringed and coral studded atolls the romantic lure of these pacific isles already has drawn nearly discharged american navy men who have decided not to go home e after the wars end the navy department reports that thai navy men who were stationed t on pacific islands during the war have received special authority to be de mobilized at their stations ir instead istead of returning to the united states for discharge all ali were required to have jobs or some other source of income before this permission was granted most of the voluntary ex have obtained civil service employment in the military government the navy announces others have jobs job D in private enterprises mainly in hawaii and the philippines some sailors have gone native marrying native girls and deciding to make their permanent homes on one of the islands A few were reported interested in starting commercial enterprises which import consumer durable goods from the united states private business has been impeded however because of the relative scarcity of radios automobiles refrigerators and other durable goods look for retreat occasionally the navy department receives a wistful letter from a former sailor or marine discouraged by peacetime conditions at home asking if there is a little island in the pacific he can buy inexpensively tor for a retreat to get away from it all iks s during the war americans find a warm reception on most of the islands of the pacific almost without exception the natives regarded the united states as their defender and liberator and now they wait hopefully for the return of the men they saw during the war the americans brought a taste ol of modernity and of big enterprise to the peoples of the island groups the natives saw a picture of the united states as a place of vast wealth and immense physical resources the huge quant quantities aties ol of materials which moved through these places made an indelible impression on the people revelation of united states standards of comfort of transportation ol of eating and of public health has given the natives an incentive to move forward americans were friendly and generally there was immediate response to this offer of friendship |