This scrapbook page traces a Marine aviator's journey from a forward Pacific airbase, home to gull-winged F4U Corsair fighters, to a stateside posting at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, by war's end. The Commissioned Officer's Mess membership card, issued to Lieutenant Edward P. McAleer just days before Japan's surrender in August 1945, marks the close of World War II service for one Marine officer among thousands. Project: 218308