Western Samoa
Americannoun
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Practically overnight, Earle “was ordered to become assistant governor-general of Western Samoa in the Pacific. He himself told me this, when I was in the States attending Valley Forge Military Academy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The team was Western Samoa in those days.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Fiji, Western Samoa, the whole of Samoa spring to mind.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
The Pacific had among the highest mortality rates, with Tonga, Tahiti, Nauru, and Western Samoa losing up to 20 percent of their populations in a matter of months.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2020
Background: New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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