A page from a naval aviator's personal wartime scrapbook records the daily rhythm of a Pacific island airbase in 1944. Ground crewmen pose beside ordnance-handling equipment used to arm the squadron's Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, while a second photograph captures the aircraft lined along the flightline -- a scene the veteran labeled simply 'Squadron Area.' Personal snapshots like these, preserved alongside official records, document the unglamorous but essential work of keeping carrier- and land-based dive bomber squadrons flying during the U.S. drive across the Central Pacific. Project: 218301