An Army Air Forces corporal pauses while writing home from his barracks, a stack of personal photographs spread on the table before him. Behind him, a bunkmate hangs freshly laundered clothing on a line strung across the room. Letters like this one, often accompanied by snapshots, were a soldier's primary link to family during World War II, and images of quiet barracks moments such as this one document the everyday rhythms of military life away from the front. Project: 218521