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[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]
Photograph shows Sgt. A. Junkers of McCombe, Miss. and Sgt. C.H. Catchen of Little Rock, Ark. giving cigarettes to native scouts
Photograph shows Sgt. A. Junkers of McCombe, Miss. and Sgt. C.H. Catchen of Little Rock, Ark. giving cigarettes to native scouts.
These snapshots were taken on Guadalcanal in 1943 at Ironbottom Bay [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Three Marines and a Sea Bee seal international good-will with these natives of Guadalcanal [See "more images" below for complete caption]
THE SUPPLY LINE TAKES TO THE HILLS: A raider battalion, specially trained group of Marines, hikes over rugged terrain during recent operations on Guadalcanal. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Shell craters and foxholes dot Kakambona beach--evidence of the U.S. bombardment the day before that drove Japanese from the area. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Australian Maj. J.V. Mather pays a Solomon blue-black his weekly wage of five shillings for work as a stevedore on Guadalcanal. [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]
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]
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]
Captain Donald Kennedy, District Officer on veranda of Markham Plantation House, Segi Point, New Georgia
This little character of Malaita Island in the South Solomons greeted a group of visiting Marines recently. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
At Halavo Seaplane Base, Islanders teach black American Seabees (in shirts) how to make thatch for shading cooler barracks.
Marine monkey-shines. The natives carry the food to their huts in these straw baskets. [See "more images" below for complete caption]
Pfc. Wm. F. Fey (sitting right) finds out that the natives of Guadalcanal know all about checkers. He was soundly whipped by this native, Matthew Lova. [See "more images" below for complete caption]