While waiting for the airborne strike to return,
a group of sailors while away the time by playing mumbly-peg.
(Source:"Carrier Wars" by Edwin P. Hoyt) Sailors playing backgammon - Sailors sitting on a five-inch
gun mount find a way to pass the time between battles.
(Source:"Carrier Wars" by Edwin P. Hoyt) Napping on the flight deck - Out of danger for now, it's
time to catch up on sleep.
(Source:"Carrier Wars" by Edwin P. Hoyt) One more for the kill board - The men of the carriers were
proud of their ships, and the kept records of Japanese planes shot down by the gun crews.
(Source:"Carrier Wars" by Edwin P. Hoyt) Not what the aircraft designers had in mind - Marine airmen
on Bouganville island relax on the wings of their Corsair between strikes, April 1944.
(Source: "Steichen At War" by Christopher
Phillips) Spud duty - Not everyone who served on a carrier got a
chance to taste the glory of aerial combat. This also serves as a reminder that behind
every flight crew are many men who work in less visible but still necessary jobs.
(Source: U.S. Navy)