Dated 21 November 1944, this handwritten letter from the Transportation Service headquarters of the China-Burma-India Theater reflects the unglamorous but vital work of wartime logistics: tracing lost shipments, verifying transshipment reports, and keeping supply lines running across one of the war's most difficult terrains. A passing anecdote about experimental "jungle jackets" publicized in Life Magazine offers a glimpse of how field equipment development and public relations intersected during the war. Project: 218594