The Snapshots in Time Collection
Serviceman Inspecting Sandbagged Bunker, Pacific Island, Edward P. McAleer WWII Collection
A serviceman examines a sandbagged bunker on a Pacific coral island in this photograph from the Edward P. McAleer WWII collection. Fortifications like this were built to withstand naval and aerial bombardment during the fierce island-hopping campaigns of 1943-1944. Project: 218138