The Snapshots in Time Collection

Colonial-Style Building Used as Military Facility, CBI Theater (Vicinity Myitkyina, Burma), WWII

Colonial-Style Building Used as Military Facility, CBI Theater (Vicinity Myitkyina, Burma), WWII

This photograph depicts a colonial-era building in the China-Burma-India Theater, likely near Myitkyina, Burma, requisitioned for use by Allied forces during World War II. Damaged roof tiles patched with canvas tarps hint at the fighting that swept through the region during the 1944 Burma campaign, while a U.S. Army Jeep parked out front reflects the building's new role supporting American military operations in this remote but strategically vital theater. Project: 218066