The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 8
Life at a Pacific island base comes into focus through Edward P. McAleer's album, from Sherman tanks with wading trunks and Marston mat airstrips to Corsairs on the ramp and pilots at rest between missions. Enlistment papers, a shellback certificate, and a Roi-Namur officer's club card preserve the ephemera of a young aviator's war.
Leatherneck Magazine Correspondence to 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, VMF-441, 27 July 1944
Pacific Island Base Album Page: Bunker, Storm-Damaged Camp, and F4U Corsair (McAleer Collection)
Serviceman Inspecting Sandbagged Bunker, Pacific Island, Edward P. McAleer WWII Collection
U.S. Military Tent Camp with Marston Mat Stacks – Pacific Theater, WWII
Vought F4U Corsair Fighter on Ramp, McAleer Collection
Album Page: Aircraft Engine Servicing, Beach Portrait, and 'Crossing the Line' Certificate — Edward P. McAleer Collection, 1944
Serviceman Servicing Radial Engine of Single-Engine Aircraft on Marston Mat Airfield, WWII Era (McAleer Collection)
Serviceman Standing on Tropical Beach, Edward P. McAleer Album
WWII 'Crossing the Line' Shellback Certificate for 2nd Lt. C.P. McAleer, Dated March 24, 1944
"A Cry From Kwajalein" — Newspaper Clipping on Navy Garrison Life, WWII
McAleer Album Page: Flight Training Snapshots and 1944 Bakersfield Californian 'Halfback Rescued' Clipping
Portrait of a U.S. Naval Aviator in Flight Gear - Edward P. McAleer Collection
Twin-Engine U.S. Navy/Marine Fighters in Echelon Formation, WWII Era (McAleer Album)
Edward P. McAleer Album Page — Roi-Namur Officers' Club Card, Telephone Receipt, and Portraits, WWII Pacific
Roi-Namur Officer's Club Membership Card, Marshall Islands, WWII, McAleer Collection
Mutual Telephone Company Long-Distance Call Charge Receipt
Newspaper Clipping: 'Halfback Rescued' -- Captain George 'Sonny' Franck Reunited with Captain Ted Lyons, The Bakersfield Californian, August 30, 1944
Portrait of a Man Leaning on Railing, Edward P. McAleer Collection
Informal Portrait of Young Serviceman, Edward P. McAleer Collection, WWII Era
WWII Photo Album Page: Aviator with Fighter Aircraft, Tarawa "Resistance Point" Marker, and Silhouette Study
Naval Aviator with Vought F4U Corsair Fighter, Pacific Theater, World War II
'Resistance Point' Memorial Marker on Invasion Beach, Likely Tarawa Atoll — Edward P. McAleer Album
Silhouette of Aircraft Nose and Propeller Against Sky, Edward P. McAleer Collection
Album Page: 'Baldry' and 'Old Boys Going Home' - Pacific Theater Tent Camp, WWII
Off-Duty Serviceman at Tent Camp, Edward P. McAleer Photo Album
Servicemen Carrying Duffel Bags Through Tent Camp, Pacific Theater, WWII (McAleer Album)
Photo Album Page, Edward P. McAleer Collection — Majuro Atoll, Pacific Theater, WWII
View Through Aircraft Windscreen of Palm-Lined Tropical Beach, Pacific Theater, WWII Era
Officer in Flight Coveralls Outside Squadron Tent Quarters, McAleer Album
Marine Air-Infantry School Class Schedule, Quantico, Virginia - Edward P. McAleer Collection
Pacific Theater Album Page — Fighter Aircraft, Tropical Landscape, and War-Damaged Structure, 1944, Edward P. McAleer
Pilot and Crewman Beside WWII Fighter Aircraft, McAleer Photo Album
Coconut Palms and Volcanic Crater Shoreline, Likely Oahu, Hawaii (Edward P. McAleer Album)
M4 Sherman Tank with Deep-Wading Trunk and Crew in Jungle Terrain, Pacific Theater, WWII
Booklet Cover: 'So You're Coming to Corpus' — NAS Corpus Christi Cadet Orientation Pamphlet
"So You're Coming to Corpus" Welcome Booklet Cover, NAS Corpus Christi, WWII Era
'So You're Coming to Corpus' Welcome Booklet, Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas -- Edward P. McAleer Album
'So You're Coming to Corpus' Naval Air Training Center Orientation Booklet, Page 1 (Edward P. McAleer Collection)
WWII U.S. Navy Aviation Cadet Orientation Booklet, Pages 2-3: Arrival Procedures and Packing Instructions (Edward P. McAleer Collection)
Naval Aviation Cadet Welcome Booklet, Pages 4-5, Corpus Christi NAS - McAleer Collection
Naval Air Training Center Corpus Christi Cadet Handbook, Pages 6-7 — McAleer Collection
Printed Naval Officer Conduct Manual, 'Additional Do's and Don'ts' — Edward P. McAleer Papers
Cadet Handbook Page, Edward P. McAleer Naval Aviation Album
Edward P. McAleer WWII Military Identification Documents — Album Page
WWII Selective Service Registration Certificate, Edward Potter McAleer, 1942
U.S. Naval Aviation Swimming Test Certification Card, Edward P. McAleer, NATC Corpus Christi, Texas
U.S. Naval Reserve Enlistment Card for Edward Potter McAleer, V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet Program, March 21, 1942
WWII Navy Department Tobacco Rationing Card - Edward P. McAleer, 1st Lt.
Personal Documents of Edward Potter McAleer: Naval Aviator Certificate, Instrument Flying Card, Social Security Card, and FCC Permit
