War in the Pacific


The petrol dump on fire after daylight raid, April 13. 1 mile from our hospital. N.G. '43 Unknown	THE SUPPLY LINE TAKES TO THE HILLS: A raider battalion, specially trained group of Marines, hikes over rugged terrain during recent operations on Guadalcanal. [See "more images" below for complete caption] Wright, U.S. Marine Corps	The valley from Hom Brom with Bootless in right hand corner. N.G. '43 Unknown

The war directed medical attention to several endemic Pacific diseases, especially yaws and malaria. [See "more images" below for complete caption] U.S. Navy	The war introduced various new means of transport that impressed many islanders. Tank landing ships come ashore on a small Pacific atoll. Cpl. David Ohman	The war's new Islanders: Samoan marines pose with their rifles for American military photographers and movie makers. [See "more images" below for complete caption] U.S. Marine Corps

These snapshots were taken on Guadalcanal in 1943 at Ironbottom Bay [See "more images" below for complete caption] Andre Auw	This little character of Malaita Island in the South Solomons greeted a group of visiting Marines recently. [See "more images" below for complete caption] Staff Sgt. Heiberger (U.S. Marine Corps)	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	Three infant natives of Guadalcanal are baptized by Lieutenant William J. McCabe [See "more images" below for complete caption] Corporal Milton A. Ford	Three Marines and a Sea Bee seal international good-will with these natives of Guadalcanal [See "more images" below for complete caption] Col. A.M. Dugo, U.S. Marine Corps