The Snapshots in Time Collection

Young Girl Carrying Infant in Cloth Sling, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

Young Girl Carrying Infant in Cloth Sling, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII

This portrait, taken during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater, captures a young girl carrying an infant on her back in a traditional cloth sling. Photographs like this, taken by American servicemen stationed in the region, document everyday civilian life encountered far from the front lines. Project: 218081