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Florida Island. . . .Native boys barter bananas for American tobacco with Marines at a Southwest Pacific Island

This pix [sic] shows how native labor helped the Marines in building ford's [sic] over streams such as shown here. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Dressed in native beads they received from the natives of (Mok Island) the crew traded cigarettes, razor blades, and odd bits of cloth for native handicraft and fruit. [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]

Natives of a South Pacific island join a navy labor battalion as workers and guides. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Three Seabees (including two black Americans) barter with local traders for fruit, betel nut, walking sticks, and grass skirts

Many Islanders quickly became aware of the trade potential of their traditional arts.

Islanders and sailors from the USS Nicholas exchange grass skirts for cigarettes. [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]

Lt. Geo A. Rollinsk, supply officer of 193 Inf. dickers with three natives with canes, grass skirts, et cetera, to sell.