The Snapshots in Time Collection
Handwritten Album Caption Card: "Hiding During a Jing Bao (Bombing)", CBI Theater, WWII
This handwritten caption, 'Hiding during a Jing Bao (bombing),' comes from a personal photo album kept by an American serviceman in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. "Jing bao" was the common term for the air-raid warning system used to alert Allied personnel and Chinese civilians to incoming Japanese bombing raids. Project: 218377