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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]
SoPac natives bring their knives to Marines of the largest supply base in the SoPac [See "more images" below for complete caption]
The war introduced various new means of transport that impressed many islanders. Tank landing ships come ashore on a small Pacific atoll.
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]
Heads high, these native troopers march as proudly as their white allies at Southwest Pacific base. [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]
Florida Island. . . .Native boys barter bananas for American tobacco with Marines at a Southwest Pacific Island
Cape Gloucester. . . . . . .Filial Devotion Kalingi Way [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Captain Moy of the Australian Army is shown here employing the natives of Bougainville to work for the Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
This pix [sic] shows how native labor helped the Marines in building ford's [sic] over streams such as shown here. [See "more images" below for complete caption]