A performer dances on stage in this candid backstage photograph, believed to be part of a USO or traveling entertainment show for Allied troops in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Myitkyina, Burma, captured by Allied forces in 1944, served as a key airbase and staging point where such shows helped sustain morale among servicemen far from home. Entertainment troupes like this one provided a vital link to normalcy amid the hardships of the CBI campaign. Project: 218046