The Snapshots in Time Collection

Cave Dwellings in Rural China, WWII China-Burma-India Theater Photograph

Cave Dwellings in Rural China, WWII China-Burma-India Theater Photograph

Hand-captioned 'Cave Dwellers in China,' this photograph documents a traditional loess cave-dwelling village encountered by American personnel serving in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Such dwellings, carved into or built against eroded hillsides, were a common form of housing in parts of rural China for centuries. Project: 218374