The Pacific in Wartime

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A liberation day dance give by Guamanians for members of the armed forces [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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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.W. Fitch at Guadalcanal
ComAirSoPac

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

Easter Services at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Malaita Natives participating. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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Fais Islanders try out a new custom: saluting the American flag. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Navy

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

Major Herbert R. Nusbaum, Commanding swears [sic] in Tupelu and three others.
Cpl. Robert W. Skelton

Members of company of Fiji Inf. sign Jap flag [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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Members of the Fijian 3rd Battalion, dressed in traditional dance costume, honor officers of the Allied forces with a kava (yaqona) ceremony. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Navy

Members of the Solomon Islands Labour Corps and Allied servicemen dedicate a memorial chapel constructed by the laborers as a gift for the United States forces. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Marine Corps