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06 SEPTEMBER 1%4 
KURE PRE°° INTERNATIONAL 
°CANDLE DIVISION 
KURE l°LAND, HAWAII 
SECRETARIAL TA°K FORCE 
PACIFIC PROJECT 
SMITHSONIAN IN°TITURE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
DEAR LADIES ( 0 F THE TA°K FORCE), 
TH|s jo T0 | NF orm YOU OF THE BANDING OF TWO VERY UNUSUAL 
SPECIE 0 OF "BIRDS" 0 N THE BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL PARADI°E OF KURE. 
THE TWO SPECIMEN 0 , LATER IDENTIFIED A° DENNI° "TADEL AND PAUL 
DU MONT, WERE BANDED ON OR ABOUT 03 SEPTEMBER 1%4 # AFTER 
EACH WAGED A STRONG BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 
THE SUBJECT DENN I ° s TAI)E |_ W A° OVERPOWERED BY six (6) U.°. 
COA°T GUARDSMEN AND TAKEN OUT TO THE WET GRA°° AND WA° THERE 
BANDED. WHILE PAUL DALY JR. DID THE ACTUAL BANDING, OUR FINE 
STATION BARBER WA° DOING A PRETTY SLOPPY JOB OF GIVING THE 
SUBJECT A HAIR CUT. (l»LL BET JIM JOHN°ON, THE BARBER, l 0 N’T 
VERY PROUD OF Hr JOB ON DENN IWE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT Hr 
BUSINESS HA n DROPPED OFF °INCE THE °UBJECT BANDING TOOK PLACE.) 
AL°0, DONALD 0 NIPE 0 , ONE OF OUR MORE TALENTED ARTI 0 T° DID A 
BEAUTIFUL MURALE ON DENN1 0,0 CHE°T AND LEG°. ONE OF THE HIGH¬ 
LIGHT 0 OF THE EVENING WA° THE UNVEILING OF ALL OF THI° BEAUTIFUL 
"'ART" FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHING. 
THE SUBJECT PAUL DU MONT WA~ TAKEN INTO CU°TODY BY THE 
°AME "IX MEN IN THE KURE I"LAND GREA°Y °POON AND BILLIARD ROOM, 
WHERE HE WA° RELAXING OVER A POOL TABLE AFTER A HARD(?) DAY’° 
WORK. THE "UBJECT WA° THEN TAKEN TO THE KURE TENNI° AND 
VOLLEY BALL COURT 0 , WHERE HE WA° "ACCIDENTLY" LAID IN A WATER 
PUDDLE. THr ~UBJECT RECEIVED THE °AME BEAUTY TREATMENT A° 
