This signed photograph, part of a wartime collection documenting visitors to the Allied base at Myitkyina, Burma, shows a young woman posed in an embroidered silk robe, a garment style often acquired as a souvenir by personnel serving in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. The informal setting and personal inscription reflect the exchanges of photographs and mementos common between servicemen and the entertainers, visitors, and acquaintances who passed through forward bases like Myitkyina following its capture by Allied forces in 1944. Project: 218043