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Photograph shows Sgt. A. Junkers of McCombe, Miss. and Sgt. C.H. Catchen of Little Rock, Ark. giving cigarettes to native scouts
THE SUPPLY LINE TAKES TO THE HILLS: A raider battalion, specially trained group of Marines, hikes over rugged terrain during recent operations on Guadalcanal. [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]
Guadalcanal: Natives aid Marine Communicators in the construction of a telephone pole line. [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]
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]
Alex Kwaisufu, a private in the Solomon Islands Labour Corps, observes Lt. Schuman of New York filling out an absentee voting ballot. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. Marine wearing a Japanese sword and canteen, with three members of the native police force on Guadalcanal
Catholic missionaries land on the docks on Guadalcanal after rescue by U.S. Marines and Sailors from one of the Solomon Islands. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Workers in the Solomon Islands Labour Corps were paid one shilling (16 cents) a day, but often received far more in food, clothing, and equipment giben away by American troops. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
William H. Dorsey, an agricultural expert of the Office of Economic Welfare, shows two Solomon Island natives the first ear of corn on a recent planting. [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]
Native Guides for Marine Patrol Which Scouted Behind Jap Lines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Natives of a South Pacific island join a Navy labor battalion aas workers and guides. Their first meal aboard ship.