During October we were pleased to host our first meeting in the Baptist Church Hall since before Covid lockdown (that’s 2.5 years!).  The speaker was one of our favourites, and it was his third visit. The talk was unusual in that he outlined several key incidents/battles of WWII, in the Pacific, so it was more a history lesson at times!

Michael took us on a tour of the Coral Seas, Midway Island, the Solomon Islands and Northern Borneo, all of which experienced some of the fiercest fighting between Japanese, US and local soldiers. All the ship and aircraft wrecks were in relatively shallow water, so Michael and his colleagues were able to dive and film them inside and out. The theme was the same for all the wrecks: nature has reclaimed and colonised the victims of the war.