Sailors and officers pack the hangar deck of a U.S. Navy escort carrier to enjoy a live musical performance during World War II. Bands assembled from among the ship's own crew, here marked with the four-leaf-clover insignia of composite squadron VC-7, provided a vital morale boost during long deployments across the Pacific. The plotting chart overhead, showing Australia and the southwest Pacific, underscores the operational theater in which these moments of respite took place. Project: 218480