A handwritten caption from a World War II serviceman's photo album, reading "a bumboat in Leyte, P.I." Bumboats were small native craft used by Filipino vendors to sell goods to American ships and troops during the 1944–45 liberation of Leyte in the Philippine Islands. Though the accompanying photograph is not present on this page, the annotation offers a glimpse into the everyday encounters between U.S. servicemembers and local Filipino communities during the Pacific campaign. Project: 218722