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Ventriloquist and his two charges entertain Marshall Islanders as part of a visit by Marine entertainers.

Four Fais men sort newly acquired American money with advice from U.S. Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Just one month before being killed by a burst of machine gun fire on a small island off Okinawa, famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle enjoys a happy moment with local children.

Navy nurses give a yaws injection to a Micronesian child. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Gift-giving druing the war flowed two ways, and many Islanders recall the presents they gave to Allied and Japanese servicemen. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

In return, "in the name of Admiral Nimitz," the Naval officeres present Islanders with a pile of military supplies including cigarettes, cigars, spools of thread, knives, and caramel candy.

Fais Islanders try out a new custom: saluting the American flag. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

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.

Island images of military outsiders were shaped by American films and magazines that flooded the Pacific during the war. [See "more images" below for complete caption]