The Snapshots in Time Collection
Forward Airstrip with Liaison Aircraft and Vehicles, Pacific Theater, WWII (USS Petrof Bay Collection)
A forward airstrip on a Pacific beachhead, part of the WWII photographic collection of the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). Small liaison aircraft and support vehicles occupy a hastily graded dirt runway, illustrating the rapid construction of forward air facilities that extended Allied air power during Pacific island and Philippine campaigns. Project: 218429