The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 5
Drawn from the personal wartime album of Marine aviator Edward P. McAleer, this selection ranges from captured Japanese gun emplacements and Helldiver ferry flights across the Marshall Islands to tent quarters, island villages, and a backyard snapshot with the family dog. Together with a Quantico unit history and a Marine Corps letter of appreciation, the images trace one man's service from the Pacific war to the Korean-era reserve recall.
Edward P. McAleer Photo Album: Pacific Theater Tent Camp and Sailing Scene, WWII
Serviceman at Ease in Tent Encampment, Pacific Theater, World War II
Three Servicemen with Beer Bottles at Tent Camp, McAleer Album
Servicemen Sailing a Rigged Ship's Boat, Edward P. McAleer Photo Album, WWII
Scrapbook Page with Newspaper Clippings on Lt. Edward P. McAleer and Ensign Pat Curran, WWII Home Front Coverage
Hometown Newspaper Clipping: 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMC Corsair Pilot
Newspaper Clipping: Ensign Pat Curran, U.S. Navy Aviator, 'On Leave' - The Bakersfield Californian
Newspaper Clipping: 'Promoted' — Marine 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, Corsair Fighter Squadron Pilot
United States Marine Corps Letter of Appreciation to Captain Edward P. McAleer from Major General V. E. Megee
Album Page: SB2C Helldiver Dive Bombers, Ferry Flight Majuro to Kwajalein, Pacific Theater, 1944 (Edward P. McAleer Collection)
Ground Crew and Aircrew Beside Aircraft Tail, Pacific Theater
Aviators Beside Single-Engine Carrier Aircraft, McAleer Collection, WWII Pacific Theater
Album Page: Naval Aviator with Aircraft and Personal Snapshots - Edward P. McAleer Collection
Airman Beside Twin-Engine Bomber Propeller and Nose, WWII -- Edward P. McAleer Album
Two Naval Aviators on Fighter Aircraft Cowling, Edward P. McAleer Collection, WWII
Edward P. McAleer with Pet Dog in Backyard, Personal Photo Album Snapshot
McAleer Album Page: 1943 Sicily Invasion Postcard, B-29 at Kwajalein, and 1950 Korean War Marine Reserve Recall Clipping
WWII Forwarded Postcard from Sicily to 2nd Lt. E. P. McAleer, Multiple Postal Redirect Stamps
Four-Engine Heavy Bomber Being Serviced on Ramp, WWII Army Air Forces Base
Newspaper Clipping: '3 Bay Marine Units Recalled' - Korean War Mobilization Announcement, c. 1950
WWII Marine Corps Photo Album Page: Squadron Intelligence Officer, Alert Tent at Kwajalein, and Gun Emplacement at Tarawa "Not Long After"
Serviceman on Marston Mat Roadway, Tent Camp, Edward P. McAleer Album
Serviceman at Pacific Theater Airfield Tent Camp, Edward P. McAleer Collection, WWII
American Servicemen Inspect Captured Coastal Gun Emplacement, Edward P. McAleer Photo Album, WWII Pacific Theater
Photo Album Page: Kwajalein 1944 - Truck Group, Mock Combat Drill, and B-24 Liberator, McAleer Collection
Edward P. McAleer and Comrades Beside a Military Truck
Gas Mask Training Exercise with Simulated Casualty, WWII Era
B-24 Liberator Bombers on Airfield Ramp with Serviceman, McAleer Collection, World War II
Scrapbook Page: Officers on Military Motorcycle with Sidecar, and Typed Shipboard Equipment Memorandum, Edward P. McAleer WWII Album
Servicemen on Three-Wheeled Motor Vehicle 'Johnny', McAleer Collection, WWII Pacific
Typed Embarkation Equipment List — 'Uniform and Equipment to Be Worn by All Officers Going Aboard Ship,' McAleer Papers
WWII Photo Album Page, Edward P. McAleer Collection - Fighter Squadron Personnel and Camp Life
Ground Crew with Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter, Pacific Theater, World War II
Officer Outside Tent Quarters Marked with Name Board Including Lt. E.P. McAleer, World War II
Servicemen Celebrate Atop a Jeep, WWII Tent Camp, Edward P. McAleer Album
Scrapbook Page: 'Reconversion' Poem Clipping and Corsair Aircraft Photo with 'Wotje' Caption, Edward P. McAleer Album
Newspaper Clipping: "What Do You Do With the Office Boy When He Comes Back a Major?" - Reconversion Poem, HQ China Wing ATO
Ground Crew Servicing a Vought F4U Corsair Fighter, Pacific Theater, WWII
Album Page, Naval Aviators, Airfield Ramp, and Island Encampment, Pacific Theater, WWII (Edward P. McAleer Collection)
Marine Aviators with F4U Corsair Fighter and Jeep on Pacific Airfield, WWII — McAleer Collection
Sandbagged Gun Emplacement with Servicemen, Pacific Theater, WWII (McAleer Collection)
Thatched-Roof Native Structure, Pacific Theater – Edward P. McAleer WWII Album
USMC Information Bulletin, Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia, 1 September 1944 - McAleer Collection
USMC 'Information Bulletin' Cover, Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia, 1 September 1944
Title Page: "Bulletin of Information for Officers Reporting for Duty at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia," 1 September 1944
Marine Corps Post Guidebook, General Index Page (McAleer Collection)
Page 1, 'Early History, Acquisition and Development of the Marine Corps Station at Quantico' Booklet, McAleer Collection
Printed History of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Pages 4-5 (Founding, Aviation Origins, and Early Development)
Printed History of Marine Corps Base Quantico Construction and Turner Field Development, Pages 6-7 (McAleer Album)
