A young U.S. Army Air Forces airman, wearing the service's signature A-2 leather flight jacket bearing a squadron insignia patch, poses with a younger boy on a suburban lawn -- a quiet home-front moment amid the Second World War. Such photographs, taken during brief leaves from training or combat duty, were treasured keepsakes for families separated by war and offer a personal counterpoint to the era's more familiar images of combat and industry. Project: 218677