90 years ago, on May 5, 1923, the telegraph connection between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) was officially opened. This was on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 celebrated by setting up a connection between PI90PCG and YE90PK. This is the report of the Dutch TV-broadcast station SBS 6 in “Heart of the Netherlands”.
The Story of the M.S. Bloemfontein and the WWII Pensacola Convoy arriving in Brisbane
In the early days of the Pacific War, one ship with strong Dutch connections played a crucial role in the shifting Allied strategy — the M.S. Bloemfontein. Her journey across the Pacific, her arrival in Read more…
