A tender, candid moment between an American airman and a young woman, photographed near Myitkyina, Burma, during World War II. His fur-collared A-2 flight jacket and shoulder patch mark him as a member of the China-Burma-India Theater's air forces, which supported the vital Allied logistics hub retaken at Myitkyina in 1944. Photographs like this one capture the human side of a demanding overseas campaign -- moments of warmth and connection amid the isolation of service in one of the war's most remote theaters. Project: 218043