Anthony Jay Iverson (born September 1, 1921) was a Melanesian politician, author and soldier who served as a member of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia and was first elected first in the Melanesian Provisional election, 1958. Iverson was a graduate of the University of Oregon, although he temporarily suspended his studies at the university to serve in the United States Marine Corps during the Pacific War. Iverson was deployed into the New Guinea in 1942 during the New Guinea campaign and became fond of the land, eventually returning in 1950 after completing his education at Oregon.
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| - Anthony Jay Iverson (born September 1, 1921) was a Melanesian politician, author and soldier who served as a member of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia and was first elected first in the Melanesian Provisional election, 1958. Iverson was a graduate of the University of Oregon, although he temporarily suspended his studies at the university to serve in the United States Marine Corps during the Pacific War. Iverson was deployed into the New Guinea in 1942 during the New Guinea campaign and became fond of the land, eventually returning in 1950 after completing his education at Oregon.
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| - Anthony Jay Iverson (born September 1, 1921) was a Melanesian politician, author and soldier who served as a member of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia and was first elected first in the Melanesian Provisional election, 1958. Iverson was a graduate of the University of Oregon, although he temporarily suspended his studies at the university to serve in the United States Marine Corps during the Pacific War. Iverson was deployed into the New Guinea in 1942 during the New Guinea campaign and became fond of the land, eventually returning in 1950 after completing his education at Oregon. Iverson owned and cultivated large areas of land along Lake Sentani in the Dutch East Indies, which at the time was governed by the Netherlands. Among Iverson was hundreds of thousands of White Americans, White Australians who ventured into the dense New Guinean rain forests to search for gold, copper and fertile land to settle. Along with the farmland, he began developing housing projects in Jayapura based around the track housing of Los Angeles.
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