A heavily loaded cargo truck rides aboard a small landing craft alongside the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) during World War II. Scenes like this were common throughout the Pacific campaign, as escort carriers and their attendant small boats moved vehicles, supplies, and equipment between ships and invasion beaches. Unglamorous but essential, this kind of logistical work kept the fleet supplied and combat forces equipped as the war moved island to island across the Pacific. Project: 218458