The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 3
Flooded rice paddies, gilded temple halls, and cliffside shrines share these frames with forward airfields and banking transport aircraft of the China-Burma-India theater. Photographed off duty by American servicemen during the Burma campaign, the images record a wartime encounter with landscape and local life that official coverage rarely captured.
Aircrewmen in Cockpit, WWII Burma Campaign Collection
Extreme Close-Up of a Fighter Pilot in the Cockpit
Ground Crew at Fighter Cockpit with Twin-Engine Aircraft in Background, Burma Campaign Collection
Parade Ground and Chinese-Style Building with Flagpole, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Four U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel with Jeep 'AAF 31,' Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Soldier in Rickshaw on Town Street, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Traffic Policeman and Pedestrian at City Intersection, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Crashed Aircraft Tail Section, Serial 315901, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Four Servicemen at a Forward Airfield, Possibly CBI (Burma) Theater, WWII Era
Man with Bicycle in Courtyard of Traditional Building, Possibly China-Burma-India Theater (Misfiled Among Vietnam/USS Ticonderoga Materials)
Rice Paddy Landscape with Water Buffalo, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Servicemen Gathered Around a Table at Night, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Servicemen Gathered Around a Table at Night (Alternate View), Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Twin-Engine Aircraft Banking After Takeoff, Airfield Scene, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Street Vendor Stall and Pedestrian with Parasol, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
American Serviceman at Chinese Temple Guardian Statue, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Cormorant Fishing Boat on River, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Raw Cotton Market Scene, Burma/CBI Theater Collection
Rural Roadside Vendor with Woven Goods Stall, CBI Theater, WWII Era
Carved Buddhist Grotto with Luohan Statues, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Gilded Buddha Statues in Temple Altar Hall, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Group of Local Laborers with Conical Hats, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
U.S. Army NCO at Temple Gateway, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Street Scene in a Burmese Town, Likely WWII China-Burma-India Theater
River Valley and Rice Paddies, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Western Civilian Man with Cigar Before Wooden Wall with Chinese Notices, CBI Theater Era
Crowd Gathered at Cave/Grotto Cliff Face, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Farmer in Tobacco Field, Rural China, WWII Era
Pack Animal Caravan Beneath a Hilltop Pagoda, China, WWII Era
Serviceman Relaxing in River with Cigar, CBI Theater, WWII Era
Fortified Town and Loess Hillside with Cave Dwellings, China, WWII Era
USO-Style Dance Performer Entertaining Troops, WWII Era
Officer and Companion Beneath Flying Tiger Mural, CBI Theater, WWII Era
Entertainers Backstage in Dressing Room, USO-Style Show, WWII Era
Aircrew Member with Oxygen Mask in Cockpit, WWII CBI Theater
Carved Stone Memorial Gate with Guardian Lions - Asian Port of Call, Vietnam War-Era U.S. Navy Deployment
Parade Ground and Institutional Building with Flagpole, China, WWII Era
P-38 Lightning Fighter in Flight Over Airfield, CBI Theater, WWII Era
Street Scene with Woman, Child, and Inn Signage, China, WWII Era
Young Chinese Nationalist Soldier with Rifle, CBI Theater, WWII Era
Naval Aviator and Companion Beneath Winged Tiger Mural, WWII-Era Officers' Club
Buffet Reception with Burmese Marionette Wall Display, CBI Theater
Hillside Temple Complex Overlooking Rice Paddies, China-Burma-India Theater
Seated Temple Statue with Carved Wooden Plaque, Wartime China
Tree-Lined Embankment and Village Pond, China-Burma-India Theater
Street Barber Shaving a Child's Head, Wartime China
Street Scene in a China-Burma-India Theater Town, World War II Era
USO-Style Variety Show for Troops, WWII-Era Theater of Operations