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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
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]
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]
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]
Guadalcanal: Natives aid Marine Communicators in the construction of a telephone pole line. [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]
Easter Services at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Malaita Natives participating. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Members of the Solomon Islands Labour Corps and Allied servicemen dedicate a memorial chapel constructed by the laborers as a gift for the United States forces. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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]
Three infant natives of Guadalcanal are baptized by Lieutenant William J. McCabe [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]