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Farming Lesson for Natives

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]

The war introduced various new means of transport that impressed many islanders. Tank landing ships come ashore on a small Pacific atoll.

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]

Florida Island. . . .Native boys barter bananas for American tobacco with Marines at a Southwest Pacific Island

Cape Gloucester. . . . . . .Filial Devotion Kalingi Way [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Captain Moy of the Australian Army is shown here employing the natives of Bougainville to work for the Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

This pix [sic] shows how native labor helped the Marines in building ford's [sic] over streams such as shown here. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

This little character of Malaita Island in the South Solomons greeted a group of visiting Marines recently. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Evacuation of natives of Green Island, of New Ireland, to a place of safety is shown in this series of pictures. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Guadalcanal native who have joined in the fight against the Japanese are shown marching out to the front lines, carrying ammunition for the Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Natives of the Island" These boys working in conjunction with the U.S. Marines have harressed [sic] the Japanese unnumerable times. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Advanced Stockade--General View

American Nationals Again Under U.S. Protection [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Evacuation of natives of Green Island, off New Ireland.

Marines give water to civilian prisoners, (men).

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]

The Payoff: Marine Gunner Powell carefully counts out the money for the line of native women. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Two native girls work in one of the local truck gardens on Peleliu. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Native Gilbertese work battalion marches off to work for Marines on Tarawa.

Four Marines lie on their stretchers waiting to be carried to the beach (by) natives who brought them down from the scene of battle. [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]

Native of a South Pacific island adopts the G.I.'s most popular mode of travel, hitch-hiking. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Apprentice: This little Melanesian boy helps his elders build a warehouse for U.S. Marines at a SoPac base.