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Naptali Bea (left) and Ben Avualvulu (right) enjoy "C" ration biscuits given to them by U.S. troops. [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]

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.

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]

Part of unit of 23 Malaita men attached to 1st Fiji Guerrillas return from patrol in New Georgia, 1943. [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]

Bougainville. . . .Native Girl is Given Medical Treatment [See "more images" below for complete caption]

U.S. Marines with natives on Fais Island, Ulithi Atoll in the Carolines. Father Martin saying Mass.

Natives of Green Island line up behind their chief (right) and catechist at the dedication of a chapel and cemetery. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

This Melanesian construction worker, as much at home as a monkey on te framework of a warehouse for Marine Corps supplies at a South Pacific base, is proudest of his cap and his cross. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Natives of Florida Is, Solomons entertain with dances at Halavo Seaplane Base.

The dancing and eating finished, the natives and Marines sit and talk. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

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