Five enlisted airmen pause from digging duty to pose for the camera in a large earthen excavation, likely a slit trench or drainage pit at a training or operational airfield. Informal images like this one, preserved in a personal photo album attributed to the 447th Bombardment Group, offer a candid counterpoint to official military photography, documenting the everyday labor and camaraderie that filled the hours between training and combat operations during the Second World War. Project: 218677