Official orders designating Second Lieutenant Edward P. McAleer, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, as a Naval Aviator (Heavier-than-Air), issued by the Naval Air Training Center at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, on 7 July 1943. Corpus Christi served as one of the largest naval flight training complexes in the country during World War II, graduating thousands of Navy and Marine Corps pilots. Project: 218163