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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]

New public health measures were developed during the war to reduce massive troop casualties from malaria. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Dr. O'Brien treating natives at Ong Tong, Java

Navy Medical officers treating natives on New Georgia Is. [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.

Gift-giving druing the war flowed two ways, and many Islanders recall the presents they gave to Allied and Japanese servicemen. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

In return, "in the name of Admiral Nimitz," the Naval officeres present Islanders with a pile of military supplies including cigarettes, cigars, spools of thread, knives, and caramel candy.

Many Islanders quickly became aware of the trade potential of their traditional arts.

Tongans sail out to the USS Enterprise to sell or trade beads, shells, grass skirts, and mats to the sailors.

Islanders and sailors from the USS Nicholas exchange grass skirts for cigarettes. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Marines Bargaining with Natives [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]

Islanders also found new markets for human skulls that were, in many areas, part of traditional religious practices. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Members of the Fijian 3rd Battalion, dressed in traditional dance costume, honor officers of the Allied forces with a kava (yaqona) ceremony. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Two American nurses join in a "native" dance to the amusement of all concerned. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Major Herbert R. Nusbaum, Commanding swears [sic] in Tupelu and three others.

Fais Islanders try out a new custom: saluting the American flag. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Hundreds of Marshallese natives, representing many atolls in these islands, staged an impressive ceremony on 4th of July, honoring American independence and their own recent freedom from the Japanese. [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]

An American Catholic priest, standing next to a makeshift altar set up on the bech to give a prayer service, presents a young Micronesian girl with a rosary.

ROSARY FOR EACH: Even as their ancestors treasured the amulets about their necks, the natives eagerly accept rosaries brought them by Father Weehan.

The first Christian service is held on Cape Gloucester since the Japanese imprisoned the resident missionary two years previously. [See "more images" below for complete caption]