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Evacuation of natives of Green Island, of New Ireland, to a place of safety is shown in this series of pictures. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Australian Maj. J.V. Mather pays a Solomon blue-black his weekly wage of five shillings for work as a stevedore on Guadalcanal. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
The war introduced various new means of transport that impressed many islanders. Tank landing ships come ashore on a small Pacific atoll.
Guadalcanal native who have joined in the fight against the Japanese are shown marching out to the front lines, carrying ammunition for the Marines. [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]
Bougainville. . . .Native Girl is Given Medical Treatment [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Florida Island. . . .Native boys barter bananas for American tobacco with Marines at a Southwest Pacific Island
Evacuation of natives of Green Island, of New Ireland, to a place of safety is shown in this series of pictures. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Cape Gloucester. . . . . . .Filial Devotion Kalingi Way [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Three infant natives of Guadalcanal are baptized by Lieutenant William J. McCabe [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Natives of Green Island line up behind their chief (right) and catechist at the dedication of a chapel and cemetery. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy Chaplain Joseph E. Wieber celebrates Mass for the Chamorros in their stockade here. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
The Payoff: Marine Gunner Powell carefully counts out the money for the line of native women. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Two native girls work in one of the local truck gardens on Peleliu. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Captain Moy of the Australian Army is shown here employing the natives of Bougainville to work for the Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]