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Two young Islanders wait on table in a military mess. One serviceman pours out a dose of Quinine Sulfate
Heads high, these native troopers march as proudly as their white allies at Southwest Pacific base. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Cape Gloucester. . . . . . .Filial Devotion Kalingi Way [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Native police boy draws a map on the ground showing the position of enemy forces. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
New public health measures were developed during the war to reduce massive troop casualties from malaria. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Natives unloading the barge containing supplies for the patrol into the interior of New Britain. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Four Marines lie on their stretchers waiting to be carried to the beach (by) natives who brought them down from the scene of battle. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Members of the Fijian 3rd Battalion, dressed in traditional dance costume, honor officers of the Allied forces with a kava (yaqona) ceremony. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
ROSARY FOR EACH: Even as their ancestors treasured the amulets about their necks, the natives eagerly accept rosaries brought them by Father Weehan.