The Snapshots in Time Collection

Mass Labor Force Constructing Airfield or Road, China-Burma Theater, WWII

Mass Labor Force Constructing Airfield or Road, China-Burma Theater, WWII

Hundreds of local laborers work by hand to construct an airfield or roadway in the China-Burma Theater during World War II. Massive human labor forces, often numbering in the tens of thousands, built the runways and roads that supported Allied air and ground operations in this remote theater. Project: 218383