Show between beaw een fighting in solomons solomon S what wise man two years ago would have pred predicted acted that the lonely solomon islands strewn strew in the path of the route to australia would today be a show showdown down battleground of the united states and japanese forces IT U S marines took a vital turfield airfield from the japs on august 7 78 8 on guadalcanal Guadal canal island in the solomons since a t that h t ti time a the japs have spen spent t lots io ts of money men and ships trying to take tahe it back to keep it has cost uncle sam much in money men and ships but old glory is firmly planted on guadal guad canal and on other islands of the solomon group these pictures give you intimate close ups of life as it goes for our boys in these embattled islands in picture at top a marine removes his whiskers lusko during a 0 lull ut in the fighting near the innis front lines a on guadalcanal Guadal canal right chow ch call for fee jungle fighters A lunch of soup meat int and bread is served up to the marine troops near the front lines ines N ilk bictory set afire by a jap bomb hit on the hangar hangai in the background Aground bar this marine fighter plane was u as pulled into the opens open by leathernecks leather necks aho u he wed used chemicals to eating extinguish sh the flames the plane a grumman wildcat re turned to the mr air 7 IT 1 4 54 7 it i shaun above ae left is a captured enemy field piece mene above right fright the girl he left behind him us is not forgotten by this matine standing us in his foxhole hole left aff coffee is d dis dewed by the barrelful IN 4 I 1 t 44 bm before this crude leanto on taulagi island father canum janum fitzgerald beloved bl cd perey navy chaplain says any mass a for marines a of a an amphibian tractor unit father fitzgeralds home is a in chicago III shark nosed army fighters such as these have combined alth navy and it marine planes to oi take a st a heavy toll tell of jup jap aircraft m the 91 ant continuing g battle for the solomon islands |