This album page from the personal collection of a WWII airman documents life at a forward air base. The top photograph shows three airmen posed before a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter; below, a soldier named Tom Hostetter stands before his squad tent, and a group of servicemen celebrate atop a Jeep, captioned as 'old boys going home to the States' — a candid record of the anticipation and relief felt by troops nearing the end of their overseas service. Project: 218194