The first group shows Tom Liggett and his family.  Time progression can be judged by the ribbons on his uniform.
 

After just receiving his wings	Tom and his brother John	Front 4 are Tom's aunts and cousins
Tom and cousin	Dress whites with a ribbon bar	Tom and unknown.
After tour on Guadalcanal, now with combat ribbons.	Drawing by Alex Raymond, May 31, 1945 aboard the USS Gilbert Islands

After serving in the dive bomber squadron on Guadalcanal Tom was sent to American Samoa where these photos were taken in 1943.  He transferred into fighter squadron VMF-121 equipped with the F4F Wildcat.
 

Four pilots VMF-121	VMF-121 5 pilots	USMC pasttime - Acey Ducey
Beach at Fale-olo	Beach at Fale-olo	Cheesecake the Samoan Ace. Note 2 pigs painted on the side.
Col. Leonard 'Duke' Davis wearing his Navy Cross for action on Guadalcanal	wrecked F4F	1st Lt. David K. Allen's gravesite.
Magnetic chart centered on Funa Futi, 1943	VMF-121 pilots with Tom at lower right	VMF-121 group picture
Home of Robert Louis Stevenson	R L Stevenson's grave	Squadron Ready Room
In the Ready Room	Coleman the professor	Russell the Ripper
Sighting in the guns

In January 1944 Capt. Liggett was assigned to VMF-512.
 

Probably at the training base, Pollocksville NC	July 25, 1945 rescued after crashing at sea.