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Four Fais men sort newly acquired American money with advice from U.S. Marines. [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
Local coastwatchers on guard at their post overlooking Noumea harbor receive a visit from a "liberty party" of sailors from the USS Enterprise.
U.S. troops lead Kwajalein people along the beach for evacuation to nearby Enilapkan Island. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
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]
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]
Line of Chamorros at Labor Office of Marine Civil Affairs hut. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Two young Islanders wait on table in a military mess. One serviceman pours out a dose of Quinine Sulfate
Two Islanders use a new tool as they fill ditches in a manioc garden to control mosquitoes. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Many Islanders also learned to use more complex tools. Two New Caledonians use a tractor to move cargo about the Noumea docks.
SoPac natives bring their knives to Marines of the largest supply base in the SoPac [See "more images" below for complete caption]
After the Americans recaptured the island, a Pharmacists Mate treats the infected hand of a young Chamorro girl in a Navy dispensary constructed of local material
The war directed medical attention to several endemic Pacific diseases, especially yaws and malaria. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy nurses give a yaws injection to a Micronesian child. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Lt. Arnold L. Brown, 25, a Navy doctor is shown giving an injection to a native. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy Medical officers treating natives on New Georgia Is. [See "more images" below for complete caption]