The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pacific Island Base Album Page: Bunker, Storm-Damaged Camp, and F4U Corsair (McAleer Collection)

Pacific Island Base Album Page: Bunker, Storm-Damaged Camp, and F4U Corsair (McAleer Collection)

This album page from the Edward P. McAleer collection documents life at a forward Pacific base during WWII: a coral bunker emplacement, storm/tidal wave damage to a tent encampment associated with a Pacific anti-aircraft unit, and a Vought F4U Corsair fighter on its coral airstrip -- offering a personal view of both combat readiness and the hazards of island living. Project: 218138