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Three Marines and a Sea Bee seal international good-will with these natives of Guadalcanal [See "more images" below for complete caption]
At Halavo Seaplane Base, Islanders teach black American Seabees (in shirts) how to make thatch for shading cooler barracks.
Three Seabees (including two black Americans) barter with local traders for fruit, betel nut, walking sticks, and grass skirts
Pfc. Wm. F. Fey (sitting right) finds out that the natives of Guadalcanal know all about checkers. He was soundly whipped by this native, Matthew Lova. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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]
Marine walks his guard post on the beach. Instead of the bowing, the nativves all now salute the Marines with a t ypical "G.I. flash." [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Natives assist Marines by loading five-gallon water tins in their outrigger canoes and pushing them through shallow water over a coral reef [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Two young Islanders wait on table in a military mess. One serviceman pours out a dose of Quinine Sulfate
First of its kind to land in this area, a U.S. Navy "Duck" seaplane fascinates village children. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Captain William M. Quigley, USN, Commander of the Naval Bases in the Solomons, drives a spike into one of the few wooden ties on the line [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Guadalcanal: Natives aid Marine Communicators in the construction of a telephone pole line. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy Medical officers treating natives on New Georgia Is. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Islanders and sailors from the USS Nicholas exchange grass skirts for cigarettes. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Jungle Trading Post: Cpl. Robert A. Weeks a former interior decorator the painter who now uses his talent to camouflage Leathneck [sic] mechanized equipment. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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]