The Pacific in Wartime

A native of a South Pacific island adopts the G.I.'s most popular mode of travel, hitch-hiking. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
McElroy (U.S. Marine Corps)

A ROSARY FOR EACH: Even as their ancestors treasured the amulets about their necks, the natives eagerly accept rosaries brought them by Father Weehan.
Fitzgerald

Appearing before the most unusual audience of his career is juggler Marine Pfc. Richard E. Luby, member of the 5th Division show which recently toured Pacific bases. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Cpl. Ferneyhough

Bougainville. . . . .Natives seeking refuge near Marine Camps
Pfc. J.J. Batts (U.S. Marine Corps)

Easter Services at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Malaita Natives participating. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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MARINE MODEL. . .Bedecked, withh five-and-ten jewelry, grass skirt, walking-cane and with a nickel cigar in his mouth, this Marine artillery-man shows the natives of this South Pacific Island what a Hollywood native looks like. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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Marine monkey-shines. The natives carry the food to their huts in these straw baskets. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kettler

Naptali Bea (left) and Ben Avualvulu (right) enjoy "C" ration biscuits given to them by U.S. troops. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Navy

Native children receiving medical attention from doctors at Solomon Is.
34th CBs

Native police boy draws a map on the ground showing the position of enemy forces. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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Natives of a South Pacific island join a Navy labor battalion aas workers and guides. Their first meal aboard ship.
U.S. Navy

Navy nurses give a yaws injection to a Micronesian child. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Navy