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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
Along with photographs, servicemen also represented thier image of Islanders in paintings and drawings. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
En route to Local Island for picnic with 45 Air Group. (Emil Sodestian, [illegible], Marg McCanley, Joan Hammond, Kevin Carr & Ivor the American (N. Yorks leading architect) N Guinea
Three Marines and a Sea Bee seal international good-will with these natives of Guadalcanal [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Ventriloquist and his two charges entertain Marshall Islanders as part of a visit by Marine entertainers.
Natives assist Marines by loading five-gallon water tins in their outrigger canoes and pushing them through shallow water over a coral reef [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
First of its kind to land in this area, a U.S. Navy "Duck" seaplane fascinates village children. [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]