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Just one month before being killed by a burst of machine gun fire on a small island off Okinawa, famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle enjoys a happy moment with local children.
Islanders rescue a U.S. Navy pilot after he made an emergency landing with his seaplane in their lagoon. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
U.S. troops lead Kwajalein people along the beach for evacuation to nearby Enilapkan Island. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Natives of Saipan, ferreted out of the hills by Marines of the 2nd Regiment, are assisted unto [sic] a truck to be transported behind the front lines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Native woman being brought i from hills, where she was hiding from the Japs, to an American hospital for treatment, she is suffering from malnutrition.
Line of Chamorros at Labor Office of Marine Civil Affairs hut. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
American Civil Affairs Officer makes friends by giving candy to children after the Marines' amphibious landing on the island.
Two native girls work in one of the local truck gardens on Peleliu. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Marine and Navy vehicles on this native island provide a virtual Utopia for the native children. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Liberation day dance give by Guamanians for members of the armed forces [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Small boy salvaging souvenirs from the wreckage of a Japanese aircraft engine [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Four Fais men sort newly acquired American money with advice from U.S. Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy nurses give a yaws injection to a Micronesian child. [See "more images" below for complete caption]