Tutuila
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A husband and father of three children, Fitisemanu was born in Tafuna, a village on the east coast of American Samoa's Tutuila Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
Tutuila is the largest island, 16 miles long, crowned with the lush, 2,000-ft. peak of a mountain called "The Rainmaker."
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The U. S. gunboat Tutuila was narrowly missed.
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Despite an annual rainfall of more than 200 in., the main island of Tutuila periodically experiences water shortages, since no reservoirs were ever built.
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The American Samoan Islands, the chief of which is Tutuila with its valuable harbor of Pagopago, are governed by a naval officer—the commandant of the naval station at Tutuila.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford
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