The Snapshots in Time Collection

Rural Riverside Landscape with Eucalyptus Trees and Village Structures, China-Burma Theater, WWII

Rural Riverside Landscape with Eucalyptus Trees and Village Structures, China-Burma Theater, WWII

A quiet rural scene along a riverbank in China's Yunnan Province region, photographed by an American serviceman during World War II. Away from the front lines, personnel supporting the China-Burma-India Theater and the Burma Road/Hump airlift logistics network documented the everyday countryside they encountered while stationed far from home. Project: 218378