Two American servicemen pause for a photograph amid the ruins of Mandalay, Burma, in the aftermath of the city's recapture from Japanese occupation in March 1945. The pilot's wings worn by the man at left suggest a connection to Air Transport Command or Army Air Forces flying operations, which supplied Allied forces across the China-Burma-India theater via the famous 'Hump' airlift and forward air bases. The battle-scarred colonial building behind them bears witness to the intense fighting that shattered much of the historic royal city during the Burma Campaign, one of the longest and most grueling land campaigns of the Pacific War. Project: 218075