The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: DOCS
Wartime paperwork and printed ephemera from the McAleer family collection GÇö post guidebooks, flight and swimming certification cards, ration and toll receipts, and a newspaper clipping. Together these documents trace the administrative texture of Marine Corps life from Quantico and Corpus Christi to Sicily and the Pacific.
U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's College, California - Commemorative Program Cover, November 26, 1942
U.S. Navy Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, WWII Era (McAleer Collection)
U.S. Navy Personal Identification Fingerprint Card for Edward Potter McAleer
VMF-112 Training Document: "Deflection Shooting," Santa Barbara, California
U.S. Navy Form N. Aer. 3119 — Daily Flight Inspection Form (Blank)
U.S. Navy Form N. Aer. 3119 — Daily Flight Inspection Form (Blank, Unused)
U.S. Navy Aircraft Daily Inspection Checklist Form (Pat McAleer Collection)
U.S. Military Aircraft Flight Log and Pre-Flight Checklist Form
Fighter Director Vocabulary Reference Sheet (Restricted), World War II
Newspaper Clipping: "Marine Lieutenant Killed in Crash" — 2nd Lt. Charles Lowry McCallister
American National Red Cross First Aid Certification Card Issued to Aviation Cadet E. P. McAleer, USNR, U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's College, California, December 1, 1942
Kern County Civilian Defense Council 'Driver' Identification Card Issued to Edward P. McAleer, WWII Home Front
Newspaper Clipping: 'Pipefuls' Column by Jim Day Featuring Captain Bill Baldwin, WWII Hometown Serviceman News Item
"Deflection Shooting" Gunnery Training Memorandum, Marine Fighting Squadron 112, MCAS Santa Barbara
Wedding Invitation: Joan Mary Berry to Lt. John Theodore Straub, USMCR, Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus, Ohio
Newspaper Clipping: 'Stars in the Home Town Service Flag' - Marine 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, Corsair Pilot, WWII Marshall Islands Campaign
Newspaper Clipping: 'On Leave — Ensign Pat Curran,' The Californian, WWII Era
Newspaper Clipping: 'Promoted' — Marine 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, Corsair Fighter Squadron Pilot, McAleer Family Collection
Letter from Major General V. E. Megee, USMC, to Captain Edward P. McAleer, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
WWII Postcard, "Portale del Gaggini, Agrigento" -- Handwritten Letter from Sicily, August 1943, with Later Forwarding Note
Newspaper Clipping: '3 Bay Marine Units Recalled', Pat McAleer Collection
Typewritten Equipment Checklist: "Uniform and Equipment to be Worn by All Officers Going Aboard Ship"
Newspaper Clipping: 'Reconversion' Poem, HQ China Wing, Air Transport Command
Cover, U.S. Marine Corps Information Bulletin, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, 1 September 1944
Title Page, 'Bulletin of Information for Officers Reporting for Duty at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia,' 1 September 1944
General Index Page, Military Post Orientation Guidebook (Pat McAleer Collection)
Booklet Page: "Early History, Acquisition and Development of the Marine Corps Station at Quantico" — McAleer Document Collection
History of Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia — Booklet Pages 4-5, Early Development and Aeronautical Origins
Printed History of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia – Pages 6-7, Base Development and Turner Field Construction
Marine Corps Base Quantico Post Regulations/Newcomer's Guide, Pages 10-11
Marine Corps Base Quantico Officer's Orientation Booklet, Pages 12-13
Marine Corps Base Quantico Post Information Booklet, Pages 14-15 (McAleer Collection)
Marine Corps Post Handbook, Pages 16-17 (Post Exchange, Uniform Shop, School, Medical Dept.) - McAleer Collection
Military Post Guidebook, Pages 18-19 — Medical Services and Post Commissary Regulations
Marine Corps Base Quantico Post Guide Booklet, Pages 20-21 - Accessibility, Post Library, and Post Chaplain Services
Marine Corps Schools Quantico, VA — Post Information Booklet, Pages 22-23 (1944)
"Deflection Shooting" Training Document, Marine Fighting Squadron 112, Santa Barbara CA
Hand-Drawn Father's Day Greeting Cartoon from the Marines – Pat McAleer Collection
Hand-Drawn "Season's Greetings" Holiday Card with Handwritten Unit Annotation, 1946
Christmas Message to Officers and Men of VMF-441, 1944-1945
Multiply-Forwarded WWII Envelope Addressed to Lt. E. P. McAleer, USMC, VMF-441/MAG-31
'Close Support' — Typewritten Satirical Poem on Air Support Request Procedures, Pat McAleer Collection
Naval Aviator Designation Letter for 2nd Lt. Edward P. McAleer, Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, 7 July 1943
Letter from The Leatherneck Magazine to 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, VMF-441, 27 July 1944
'Domain of Neptunus Rex' Equator-Crossing (Shellback) Certificate Awarded to 2nd Lt. C. P. McAleer, 24 March 1944
Newspaper Clipping 'A Cry From Kwajalein' by Don Mainhurst, Pasted in McAleer Scrapbook
WWII Scrapbook Page: Marine Aviator Portrait, Aircraft Formation Snapshot, and 1944 Bakersfield Californian 'Halfback Rescued' Newspaper Clipping (Pat McAleer Collection)
Scrapbook Page: Roi-Namur Officer's Club Membership Card, Phone Receipt, and Personal Photographs — Pat McAleer Collection
'Rescued from Japs' - AP Wire Photo Newspaper Clipping Featuring Capt. George Franck and Fellow Servicemen, WWII Pacific Theater
Roi-Namur Officer's Club Membership Card, Marshall Islands, WWII
Mutual Telephone Company Toll/Report Charge Receipt
"Halfback Rescued" - Bakersfield Californian Sports Clipping, August 30, 1944
Marine Air-Infantry School Training Schedule, Quantico, Virginia (McAleer Collection)
"So You're Coming To Corpus" — NAS Corpus Christi Orientation Booklet Cover, Pat McAleer Collection
"So You're Coming to Corpus" Orientation Booklet, Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
"So You're Coming to Corpus" -- U.S. Naval Air Training Center Orientation Booklet, Page 1
US Navy Aviation Cadet Orientation Booklet, Pages 2-3 -- Arrival Instructions and Packing List (McAleer Collection)
Cadet Orientation Booklet, Pages 6-7 — Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi
Printed Training Booklet, Pages 8–39, Naval Customs and Courtesies for Officers/Cadets (Pat McAleer Collection)
Naval Aviation Cadet Handbook, Page 10 with Corpus Christi Area Training Field Map
WWII Identification and Certification Cards of Edward Potter McAleer, USMC
WWII Selective Service Registration Certificate (D.S.S. Form 2) -- Edward Potter McAleer, Bakersfield, California, 1942
U.S. Naval Aviation Swimming Test Certification Card, Edward P. McAleer, NATC Corpus Christi, Texas
U.S. Naval Reserve Enlistment Certificate for Edward Potter McAleer, V-5 Aviation Cadet Program, 1942
WWII Navy Department Tobacco Rationing Card, Issued to 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMC — Quantico, Virginia
Identification and Certification Documents of 2nd Lt. Edward Potter McAleer, USMCR Naval Aviator, 1943
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Permit Verification Card – Edward Potter McAleer
U.S. Navy Department Naval Aviator Certificate Card - 2nd Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMCR, 7 July 1943
Instrument Flying Certification Card, 2nd Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMCR, NAS Corpus Christi, 7 July 1943
Commissioned Officer's Mess Membership Card, MCAS Cherry Point, NC - Lt. Edward P. McAleer, 1945
Western Union Telegram to 1st Lt. E.P. McAleer, March 16, 1945
Newspaper Clipping: "Two Newsmen Wounded in Korea Ambush," Korean War, September 1950
Newspaper Clippings: Edward Potter McAleer's Marine Aviation Career
