The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 3
Marine aviation in the Pacific fills these pages from the Pat McAleer collection, where F4U Corsairs on forward airstrips share space with tent camps, sandbagged observation posts, and captured enemy guns and vehicles. Informal group portraits and scrapbook annotations preserve the daily texture of a fighter squadron's advance across the islands.
Servicemen Beneath the Wing of a Large Military Aircraft
McAleer Album Page: Corsair Fighter and Airmen Portraits
Airman Beside Twin-Engine Medium Bomber (B-25/PBJ Mitchell type), WWII Pacific/CBI Theater
Two Aviators on Aircraft Tail Section, Pat McAleer Collection, WWII Era
Serviceman in Field/Flight Jacket with Pet Dog, Color Snapshot (McAleer Collection)
McAleer Scrapbook Page: Sicily Postcard, B-29 Superfortress Snapshot, and 1950 Marine Recall Clipping
Album Page: Captured Japanese Motorcycle (1944) and VMF-441 Corsair Fighters, Pacific Theater WWII
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Undergoing Ground Servicing on an Airfield Ramp
USMC VMF Squadron Photo Album Page: Intelligence Officer, Alert Tent, and Tarawa Bunker, Central Pacific, 1943-1944
Serviceman Standing on Camp Road, Tent Encampment, Pat McAleer Collection
Shirtless Serviceman at Tent Camp with Aircraft and Truck, Pacific Theater, Pat McAleer WWII Collection
Sailors Inspecting Deck Equipment Aboard a Naval Vessel, WWII Era
Servicemen and B-24 Liberator at Kwajalein Atoll, 1944 — McAleer Photo Album Page
Group Portrait of Servicemen with Military Cargo Truck, WWII-era Airbase
CBR/Casualty Simulation Training Exercise
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bombers on Airfield Ramp with Airman, World War II
U.S. Marines on Military Motorcycle Utility Trike with Cargo Trailer, Pacific Island Airfield, WWII
Group Portrait of Servicemen with Liaison Aircraft at Forward Airfield
WWII Scrapbook Page: Motorcycle Sidecar Group Photo and Shipboard Equipment Checklist
Three Servicemen Aboard Motor-Tricycle "Johnny" - Pat McAleer Collection, Pacific Theater
Three U.S. Army Air Corps Officers in Pith Helmets Beside Liaison Aircraft, Pre-1942 Insignia
Aviators with Fighter Aircraft, Santa Barbara, and Parked Aircraft at El Toro, 1943 — McAleer Photo Album
WWII USAAF Fighter Squadron Album Page: Ground Crew, Camp Tent, and Jeep Send-Off, Pacific Theater
Three Airmen Beside a Radial-Engine Fighter Aircraft, Fuselage Code '461', Pacific Theater (Early WWII)
1st Lieutenant Officer Beside Named Squad Tent, Identifying Lts. Hagerman, McAleer, and Eldridge, WWII
Servicemen Celebrating Atop Jeep at Tent Camp, Korean War Era
Line of F4U Corsair Fighters Parked on Airfield, WWII Pacific Theater
Scrapbook Page: 'Reconversion' Poem Clipping and Photo of Pilot Departing for Wotje Strike
Ground Crew Servicing US Carrier-Based Fighter Aircraft, WWII Pacific Theater
Scrapbook Page: F4U Corsairs, Sandbagged Observation Post, and Island Hut — Pat McAleer WWII Pacific Collection, Part 3
F4U Corsair Fighters and Aircrew on Flight Line, Pacific Theater, WWII (McAleer Collection)
Sandbagged Observation or Gun Platform with Servicemen, Pacific Island Base, WWII
Thatched-Roof Native Dwelling Amid Coconut Palms, South Pacific Theater, WWII Era
USMC 'Information Bulletin' Booklet, Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia, 1 September 1944
WWII Naval Aviation Scrapbook Page: SBD Dauntless Squadron Flightline and Ground Crew, Pacific Theater, 1944
Two Servicemen with Wrecker/Crane Truck at Pacific Island Base Camp
Scrapbook Page: Marines at Tarawa with Captured 'Singapore Gun' and Camp Photographs, WWII Pacific Theater
Servicemen in Swimwear at Tropical Post, Informal Group Snapshot (McAleer Collection)
American Servicemen Beside Captured Coastal Defense Gun, Pacific Theater, WWII
Group Portrait of Servicemen Celebrating at Tent Camp, McAleer WWII Collection
WWII Scrapbook Page: 'Baldy and Lonnie on R&R' and Memorial Photo of 'Pickering, Killed Pac. 44' - Pat McAleer Collection
Two Men in Tropical Vacation Attire at Thatched-Roof Cabana, McAleer Collection
Serviceman Walking Through Tent Camp at Pacific Island Airbase, WWII
WWII Photo Album Page: Wrecked Tank, Uniformed Trio at 'Shelter Area,' and Camp Scene
Matilda II Infantry Tank with Troops in Jungle Terrain, Southwest Pacific Theater, World War II
Row of SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers on Flight Line, WWII Pacific Theater
Three Servicemembers by 'Shelter Area' Sign, WWII Era, McAleer Collection
Two Servicemen Walking Through Camp, McAleer Collection
WWII Pacific Theater Album Page: Aircraft, Waterfront Structure, and Boat Crew
