This informal snapshot from the personal album of Edward P. McAleer captures a lighter side of naval service in World War II: a small crew of sailors out sailing for recreation, with a gray-hulled warship anchored in the background. Rest and recreation periods -- often organized around island anchorages in the Pacific -- gave crews a welcome break from the tension of combat operations, and personal photographs like this one preserve those informal moments that rarely appear in official military records. Project: 218147