Stationed at Dinjan, Assam - a key U.S. Army Air Forces base supporting the famed "Hump" airlift over the Himalayas into China - American servicemen in the China-Burma-India Theater often found themselves witnesses to local Indian life and customs. This photograph, from the Kotec CBI collection, captures a traditional ceremony, possibly a wedding ritual, attended by villagers and observed by at least one U.S. soldier, illustrating the everyday cultural encounters that accompanied America's remote wartime presence in northeastern India. Project: 218053