Ground crewmen service a carrier-based fighter on a Pacific airfield flight line, its wings characteristic of the folding-wing designs used aboard U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carriers during World War II. Photographs like this one, preserved in the Pat McAleer collection, document the unglamorous but essential work of maintenance crews who kept fighters like the F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat combat-ready throughout the Pacific campaign. Project: 218185