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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]
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.
[Obliterated]ere is the heavy equipment yard [obliterated]t the largest Marine supply base in [obliterated]he South Pacific. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Navy nurses give a yaws injection to a Micronesian child. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Fais Islanders try out a new custom: saluting the American flag. [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.
Marine Sergeant Laurence Brown installs the bell in the new chapel built by natives for Marines . . . [See "more images" below for complete caption]