The Pacific in Wartime

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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

A U.S. Marine wearing a Japanese sword and canteen, with three members of the native police force on Guadalcanal
U.S. Marine Corps

Alex Kwaisufu, a private in the Solomon Islands Labour Corps, observes Lt. Schuman of New York filling out an absentee voting ballot. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Army Signal Corps

American Civil Affairs Officer makes friends by giving candy to children after the Marines' amphibious landing on the island.
Tech. Sgt. Arnold Johnson

An American Catholic priest, standing next to a makeshift altar set up on the bech to give a prayer service, presents a young Micronesian girl with a rosary.
U.S. Navy

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

Bougainville. . . .Native Girl is Given Medical Treatment [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Tech Sgt. Sarno, U.S. Marine Corps

Dr. O'Brien treating natives at Ong Tong, Java
ComSoPac

Easter Services at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Malaita Natives participating. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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Heads high, these native troopers march as proudly as their white allies at Southwest Pacific base. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Corp. T. D. Gambill

Hundreds of Marshallese natives, representing many atolls in these islands, staged an impressive ceremony on 4th of July, honoring American independence and their own recent freedom from the Japanese. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Cpl. A.B. Manell