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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]

Marine monkey-shines. The natives carry the food to their huts in these straw baskets. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

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]

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]

Marines Bargaining with Natives [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]

On behalf of Solomon Islanders, Jacob Vouza of the Solomon Islandes Defence Force, and honorary Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, presents a plaque of gratitude to the commander of U.S. forces on the island. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Natives of the Island" These boys working in conjunction with the U.S. Marines have harressed [sic] the Japanese unnumerable times. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

U.S. Marines wading up the Tenaru River led by native guides before the Japs were driven from Guadalcanal. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Native of a South Pacific island adopts the G.I.'s most popular mode of travel, hitch-hiking. [See "more images" below for complete caption]