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 Guadalcanal Aug 1943 GUADALCANAL WASHDAY -- On the banks of the famous Tenaru River, where some of the bloodiest fighting of the South Pacific War took place last year, Private First Class LeRoy John, 20, a member of U.S. Marine Corps, presents an incongruously placid picture as he goes through that domestic task of washing clothes with a hand operated "state-side" washing machine. This photo was taken a year after the first Marines landed here and is indicative of the completeness with which Marines have secured this island against any possible Japanese threat to retake it. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eticitty Begay of Shiprock, New Mexico.  1st MarDiv Okinawa 4/6/1945 Private Jimmy D. Benallie stands in front of a shop beneath a Japanese sign.  Pearl Harbor 2 Mar 47 PEARL HARBOR, T.H. (Delayed) - Marine Privates First Class Alec E. Nez, Flagstaff, Ariz., left, and William D. Yazzie, Shiprock, N.M., recently participated in the Marine Corps Pacific Division Rifle and pistol matches at Puuloa Point, T.H. Both Marines fired a total score of 545 out of a possible six hundred, but Yazzie fired a higher score the second day and placed third while Nez placed fourth. Yazzie received a gold medal, Nez the first silver medal. The presentations were made by Brigadier General H. D. Linscott, Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, Pacific. Yazzie and Nez were two of the men chosen to represent the First Marine Division in the San Diego and Quantico, Va., matches  Navajo communications men with the Marines on Saipan landed with the first assault waves to hit the beach. Left to right: Cpl. Oscar B. Iithma of Gallup, N.M., Pfc. Jack Nez of Fort Defiance, Arizona, and Pfc. Carl C. Gorman, Chinle, Arizona.
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