The Snapshots in Time Collection
Group of Local Laborers with Conical Hats, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII Era
Local laborers, identifiable by their traditional woven conical hats, gather at a work site in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Civilian labor crews were essential to Allied construction projects such as the Ledo and Burma Roads, which supplied forces fighting in the Burma campaign. Project: 218082