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Nov 9, 2023 inhistory

Six Tongan youths who, as teenagers, had run away from school, stole a boat and spent 15 months shipwrecked on the Ata island. One of them holds a guitar made on the island. Their adventure lasted from June 1965 to September 1966, but the photo was taken several years after their rescue.

Six Tongan youths who, as teenagers, had run away from school, stole a boat and spent 15 months shipwrecked on the Ata island. One of them holds a guitar made on the island. Their adventure lasted from June 1965 to September 1966, but the photo was taken several years after their rescue.

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