This page from Edward P. McAleer's personal wartime photo album captures two moments from his U.S. Navy carrier aviation service during the 1944 Marshall Islands campaign. The top image, taken air-to-air during a Combat Air Patrol over Kwajalein Atoll, is annotated 'That's me,' identifying McAleer as the pilot. The lower photograph documents a fellow aviator's aircraft resting in the water after a ditching or water landing, propeller visibly damaged, alongside a Navy salvage barge — a candid reminder of the everyday hazards faced by carrier pilots in the Pacific War. Project: 218148