The Pacific in Wartime

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One of the first Chamorros to get a glimpe of his homeland since the Japanese occupied Guam is F.C. Mesa, STic [sic], USN, who flew as an observer in a dive-bombing attack on the island early in July. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
CincPac

Part of unit of 23 Malaita men attached to 1st Fiji Guerrillas return from patrol in New Georgia, 1943. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Among Those Present

The dancing and eating finished, the natives and Marines sit and talk. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Cpl. Kettler (U.S. Marine Corps)

The Payoff: Marine Gunner Powell carefully counts out the money for the line of native women. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Staff Sgt. H. Neil Gillespie

This Melanesian construction worker, as much at home as a monkey on te framework of a warehouse for Marine Corps supplies at a South Pacific base, is proudest of his cap and his cross. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
John W. Saunders, USMC

This pix [sic] shows how native labor helped the Marines in building ford's [sic] over streams such as shown here. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Howard

With two native policemen, Yawa and Bolgi, warriors feared by the Japanese.
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