This informal snapshot of a young woman in mid-1940s fashion -- striped top, shorts, and rolled curls -- was preserved within a WWII veteran's photo archive associated with the China-Burma-India Theater. Personal photographs like this one, often of a girlfriend, wife, or sister, were commonly carried overseas or exchanged by mail, offering servicemen a tangible connection to home during long and difficult deployments far from the United States. Project: 218087