The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 7
Drawn from the Pat McAleer photo albums, these snapshots and scrapbook pages record off-duty hours at Pacific island bases: beaches, sailboats, deck chairs outside barracks, and aircrew just back from a mission. Handwritten annotations naming comrades later killed in the war give this informal record its lasting weight.
Naval Aviator Poses Before His F4U Corsair Fighter, Pacific Theater, WWII
Scrapbook Page: McAleer Family Newspaper Clippings on Naval Aviation Training, Marine Corps Service, and Korean War Correspondent Philip Potter
Newspaper/Magazine Clipping: Servicemen Climbing a Training Tower
Printed Caption Card: Obstacle Course, St. Mary's Navy Pre-Flight School, California
Civilian Pilot Training Scrapbook Page - Lone Pine, California, 1942
Shirtless Serviceman in M1 Helmet Beside Sandbagged Emplacement, Pacific Theater WWII (McAleer Collection)
Aviation Cadets Physical Training at Lone Pine - Newspaper Clipping, Pat McAleer Collection
Pile of Wreckage Debris Beside Metal Building, Pacific Theater, WWII Era
Photo Album Page: Sailboat and Beach Recreation Snapshots, McAleer Collection
Small Sailboat Under Sail with Crew, Open Water
Servicemen at Leisure on Tropical Beach, Informal R&R Photograph
Album Page: Servicemen with Jeep and Tent Camp Party Scene, Pacific Theater, WWII
Three Servicemen Relaxing with Beverages at Tropical Tent Camp, WWII Pacific Theater (McAleer Collection)
Off-Duty Recreation Snapshots, Pat McAleer Photo Album — Beach Outing and Tent Camp
Servicemen with Outrigger Sailing Canoe on Tropical Beach, South Pacific, WWII
Photo Album Page: Aviators 'Just Back' from a Mission, Pacific Theater, 1944
Three Servicemen Toasting with Beer Bottles at a Tent Camp, WWII Era
Album Page: American Servicemen on Coral Shoreline and Native Outrigger Sailboat, Pacific Theater, WWII
Two Servicemen Relaxing on a Beach
Local Sailboat Alongside Allied Shipping in a Pacific Harbor, WWII Era
Three U.S. Navy Aircrew Posed Before Carrier Fighter Aircraft, WWII Pacific Theater
Three Servicemen Posing Beneath Aircraft Nose on Marston Mat Airstrip, Pacific Theater, WWII
Photo Album Page: Servicemen on Tropical Base and Aviation Cadets in Miami, Pat McAleer WWII Collection
Servicemen at Leisure on a Pacific Island Beach, WWII Era
Two Naval Aviators at an Officers' Club Gathering, Pacific Theater WWII (Pat McAleer Collection)
Scrapbook Page: Serviceman on Pacific Island Beach and Off-Duty Men Relaxing at Tent Camp, WWII
Three Servicemen at a Pacific Island Tent Camp, WWII-Era Group Portrait
US Serviceman on War-Damaged Pacific Beach, WWII
Servicemen Relaxing on Barracks Porch with Tent Camp in Background
Three Servicemen Relaxing in Deck Chairs Outside Barracks Building, WWII Personal Photo Album
Scrapbook Album Page: Unit Group Photo and Individual Portrait, McAleer Collection, WWII Era
Squadron/Unit Group Portrait in Front of Pyramidal Tent, McAleer WWII Collection
Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket with Squadron Patch, Outside Base Building
Scrapbook Page: Marine Training Camp Formation, Amphibious Tractor Liberty Photo, and Morehead City Seashore Route Ticket — WWII US Marine Corps Collection (McAleer Album)
U.S. Marines in Formation at Tent Camp with Sandbag Fortifications, WWII Pacific Theater
