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Guadalcanal Turns GI Post War Style Camp
On Guadalcanal two years after landings the area has become a full GI front, with barracks, drills, and inspections replacing foxholes. The island hosts Red Cross workers, nurses, and war-provision farming, lumber camps, and road networks, turning it into a busy seaport and supply hub where GIs labor in farms and timber camps amid tropical heat and shifting rumors of remaining Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uadalcanal
America
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Service Command
Henderson Field
Penn Station
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Tenaru
James W
Slim) Litton
Shreveport
Slim
States
Foreign Economic Ad
Pfc
Walter Shipman
Silverado
Pvt
Henry Alexander
Wilmington
Pennsylvania
Oregon Woods
Shipman
Alexander
Canal
Lad Belehrad
Yonkers
N. Y
Canal Jungle
John Childs
Jefferson