Photograph of the scenery surrounding Johnson's Ranch near Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. This scenery has mountains in the distance and in the foreground.

Photograph of the observation and headquarters buildings as well as the hangar on the right at Kelly Field near San Antonio, Texas. A water tower peers over the building in the center.

Photograph of the Officer's club at Hamilton Field located in Marin County, California.

Photograph of the party standing for a group photo on the beach at Bayside, Texas. Their dog is standing on the ground in the center of the group.

Photograph of the porch of George and Mary Pierce's second home near Hamilton Field in Marin County, California. The nice stone walkways border the bushes and the grass in the yard; the curved path leads to a door to the house.

Photograph of the porch on the ranch house at Johnson's Ranch in the Big Bend country, Texas. There is a young toddler walking around near the wall; there are numerous deer antler mounts lining the walls of the porch as well as lots of pictures.

Photograph of the Pierce family; from left to right the names are: Ruth Pierce Nau, Alice Pierce Crawford, Florence Pierce, Ray Pierce, Russell Barry Pierce. All of the members are wearing a light-colored outfit except for Ray Pierce.

Photograph of the old Pierce homestead located in Montague, Massachusetts. This photo is looking at the side of the house from the left.

Photograph of the Pierce homestead located in Montague, Massachusetts. On the right of the house is the garage for the home, with one car in it.

Photograph of the plane named Aeronica parked on a runway at Waco, Texas. Four men are standing and talking underneath the wing of the plane; the large aircraft hangar is directly behind Aeronica.

Photograph of the power house situated underneath the center arch behind the Coolidge Dam in Arizona. The power house has two small towers on top of it and water pumps with water flowing from them into the creek bed.

Photograph of the recreation room in one of the cadet barracks at Randolph Field.

Photograph of the reservoir at the Coolidge Dam in Arizona. In this picture the water is in the background, with mountains in the distant background.

Photograph of the scenery around Austin, Texas; the scenery is filled with rolling hills and trees.

Photograph of the spillway at Coolidge Dam. The spillway is located to the right of the far right archway on the opposite side of the San Carlos Reservoir.

Photograph of the large, round swimming pool at Randolph Field near San Antonio, Texas. No one was in the pool at the time this picture was taken.

Photograph of three A-3 airplanes flying over a large open landscape. This photo was taken from the seat of an A-3 plane flying just to the left of the other three.

Photograph of two men in the mountains, one is sitting down by a skillet and the other one is standing up and carrying a small hatchet. Their dog is also seen walking around by some shrubs.

Photograph of two pilots standing beside their plane in their full leather apparel. These two were on an extended cross-country trip and had stopped in Iowa when this picture was taken.

Photograph of various mountains located around Johnson's Ranch located near Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. Most of the small shrubbery in the foreground is dry and dead, with sand and dirt filling the landscape.

Photograph of Wayne and Paul Todd in front of a building at March Field near Riverside, California.

Photograph of the small town of Terlingua in the Big Bend country in West Texas. Most of the buildings are made of stones and look run down, and the terrain is mostly dirt and rocks.

Memorial program for a group of aviators lost in the Gulf: George Everill Pierce, born February 2, 1907; John Gray Dodd, born April 3, 1918; Billy B. Boggess, born October 21, 1920; Floyd Cheathak, born May 20, 1918; Eugene A. Delisle, born September 26, 1909; Joseph L. Daichman, born February 13, 1913; and Sam A. Salli, born April 14, 1917. The memorial service was held October 25, 1942 at Eglin Field, Florida, officiated by Chaplain Waldo.

Photograph of George E. Pierce holding his son, George E. Pierce, Jr., up in the air. Pierce, Jr. was nine months old at the time this picture was taken.