Six American airmen, heads freshly shaved against the jungle heat, pose astride a discarded external fuel drop tank somewhere in the rugged terrain of the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Though archived within a folder referencing the Vietnam-era carrier USS Ticonderoga, the original filename and visual details point instead to the CBI campaign, where units such as the Tenth Air Force and the Air Transport Command flew perilous supply missions over 'The Hump' of the Himalayas. Photographs like this capture the informal camaraderie that sustained airmen far from home in one of the war's most remote and demanding theaters. Project: 218087