recreation & entertainment

GIs of the 797th Engineer Forestry Company in Burma, playing ping pong in camp. During WWII.

GIs of the 797th Engineer Forestry Company in Burma, watching a movie in the jungle from raised wooden bleachers, covered with open sides. During WWII.

GIs applaud while watching performance, during AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs line up for food distributed by Chinese staff, while enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Chinese acrobatic group puts on show for Burma Road Engineers (BRE) members at the air strip, at Tengchong, China. December 8, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Chinese acrobatic group puts on show for Burma Road Engineers (BRE) members at the air strip, at Tengchong, China. December 8, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

The wartime notebook of S/Sgt. Tom L. Grady. In his notebook, as a talented and curious young artist while in the CBI, he recorded scenes and vignettes that he saw in his life. He also recorded names and contact info for the people he met. "Pay day!" Night card game on pay day, India

GIs do poolside R&R, during WWII, at hilltop rest house or manor house. In India? Ceylon?