This album page from the Edward P. McAleer collection combines everyday wartime work with naval tradition: a ground crewman services an aircraft engine, a serviceman poses on a Pacific beach, and a 'Domain of Neptunus Rex' certificate marks 2nd Lt. C.P. McAleer's initiation as a 'Trusty Shellback' after crossing the Equator in March 1944. Such certificates, awarded in a time-honored shipboard ceremony, celebrated a sailor's first crossing of the line during Pacific deployment. Project: 218138