--- ---  # Look Inside a Sailor's World War II Scrapbook  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 28, 2016 3:30 PM UTC  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945.National World War II Museum  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 28, 2016 3:30 PM UTC In July of 1944, Edric Costain arrived in Bastia, Corsica, to serve as a Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy. His vessel was the PT-305—a patrol torpedo boat—which had arrived in Corsica a few months earlier. During the year or so that followed, Costain maintained a scrapbook full of snapshots of the ship’s crew, their location and the vessel itself. [_Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter_](http://time.com/newsletter) When the war ended, the PT boat was sold and modified to serve as a commercial oyster boat. After decades as a fishing vessel, it’s now being [restored](http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/collections/artifacts/pt-305.html) to wartime condition by the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, which aims to launch the refurbished ship in Lake Pontchartrain in early 2017. The museum acquired Costain’s [scrapbook](http://www.nationalww2museumimages.org/web-assets/scrapbook/pt-flip2.html) as a gift from his daughter in 2010, providing the world a valuable opportunity to peek inside an individual’s experience of World War II.  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. National World War II Museum  Scrapbook and photos by Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Caption Edric Costain while serving on PT-305 from 1944-1945. 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