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• Photo 1 - The body of High Chief Ibedul Noriakl arrives in Palau, September 30, 1972. (N-23A).
• Photo 2 - Ibedul's casket is placed on a truck for the procession to Koror. (N-27A).
• Photo 3 - Ibedul's funeral procession arrives at the District Legislature building. (N-20A).
• Photo 4 - Palau District Administrator Thomas Remengesau delivers the eulogy for High Chief Ibedul. (N-23A).
• Photo 5 - Palauans lined the roads from Airai to Koror as the Ibedul's funeral procession passed. (N-12A).
• Photo 6 - The Ibedul's widow arrives at the District Legislature. (N-17A).
• Photo 7 - Private services were held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and then the Ibedul's body was escorted to the Palau ceremony. (N-20).
• Photo 8 - The constabulary gives a final ten gun salute to mark the passing of Ibedul Noriakl. (N-27).
• Photo 9 - In October 1972, Takeo Ishida, Chief of Japanese Graves Mission, presented a copy of a citation and a medal, the Fourth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure, to the widow of Palau High Chief Noriakl, posthumously honoring Ibedul. (See Highlights, December 1, 1972, p. 2). (N-2216.09).
• Photo 10 - Ibedul's widow accepts medal. (N-2216.10).