This scrapbook page documents Jack T. Kelley's early wartime service in the Panama Canal Zone with a battery of the 63rd Coast Artillery Regiment, tasked with defending the strategically vital Pedro Miguel Locks. His handwritten diary notes identify fellow soldiers serving as battery cooks, describe a dirigible patrol balloon photographed near the camp known as 'Tent City,' and record a stay at Camp Davis in 1941 -- offering a rare firsthand account of the often-overlooked mission to protect the Panama Canal during World War II. Project: 218324