The Snapshots in Time Collection

WWII Pacific Album Page: Coral Bunker, Storm-Damaged Tent Camp, and US Navy Fighter Aircraft

WWII Pacific Album Page: Coral Bunker, Storm-Damaged Tent Camp, and US Navy Fighter Aircraft

A wartime scrapbook page documenting life at a Pacific island base: a coral-and-sandbag bunker, a tent camp damaged by a 'tidal wave' at an anti-aircraft unit's position, and a Navy or Marine fighter aircraft on its hardstand. Personal photo albums like this one preserve the everyday realities of island warfare that official records often omit. Project: 218307