This scrapbook page, drawn from a World War II veteran's personal Hawaii photo album, illustrates the daily rhythm of life for a rear-area Service Company far from the front lines. A team photo of enlisted men posed for baseball ('Play Ball') reflects the importance of organized recreation to morale in Pacific garrison postings. A dramatic image of an overturned 2½-ton Army cargo truck, having tumbled roughly seventy feet down a rocky slope, records the everyday hazards of wartime motor-pool operations even outside combat. A third photograph, captioned 'Xmas Chow,' shows servicemen with a table of dressed turkeys prepared for a wartime Christmas dinner, a small but meaningful observance of home-front tradition amid military duty overseas. Project: 218625