Letters from home occupied the attention of one Marine aircreman at Bougainville. His mates seize the opportunity to catch 40 winks in the shade of a Vought Corsair. Circa 1944.
Categories: U.S. Marine Corps Vintage Photographs
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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