The Snapshots in Time Collection
Officer's Tent Quarters Nameboard and Serviceman in Coveralls, Pacific Base, WWII
A serviceman poses outside officers' tent quarters on a forward Pacific base. The hand-lettered nameboard lists three lieutenants -- including Edward P. McAleer -- who shared these austere canvas quarters, a common living arrangement for aviators stationed at hastily built island airfields during WWII. Project: 218308