The Snapshots in Time Collection

Allied Servicemen and Companions on a Shikara Boat, Dal Lake, Kashmir, WWII China-Burma-India Theater

Allied Servicemen and Companions on a Shikara Boat, Dal Lake, Kashmir, WWII China-Burma-India Theater

Allied servicemen and companions enjoy a shikara boat ride on Dal Lake near Srinagar, Kashmir, a popular rest-and-recreation destination for troops of the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. The traditional canopied boat, poled by local Kashmiri boatmen, carried visitors past the lake's famous houseboats with the Himalayan foothills rising in the background. Project: 218051