This photograph, labeled 'Karen Church Service,' documents a gathering inside a traditional bamboo chapel or schoolhouse among the Karen people of Burma during the World War II era. The Karen, a predominantly Christian ethnic minority, played a vital role supporting Allied operations in the China-Burma-India theater, including guerrilla resistance against Japanese occupation. Images such as this preserve the cultural and religious life of local communities who became close wartime partners of American and British forces during the arduous Burma campaign. Project: 218032