Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chinesechildsoldier.jpg

Chinese child soldier, Burma 1944

This Chinese soldier, age 10, with heavy pack, is a member of an army division boarding a plane returning them to China, following the capture of Myitkyina airfield, Burma, under the joint allied command of US Major General Frank Merrill, May 1944. Chinese and allied troops had earlier crossed through the treacherous jungle of the Kumon Bum Mountains before attacking Japanese troops to the south. Exhaustion and disease led to the early evacuation of many Chinese and allied troops before the coming assault on Myitkyina town.

Reason

An intriguing and iconic image for Child soldier, it's a clean, sharp scan of a quality print, with beautiful shading and opportune composition. I can certainly envisage it making a worthy Picture of the Day, with the advantage of raising awareness of the continuing plight of conscripted children in certain parts of the world.

Articles this image appears in

Child soldier, China Burma India Theater of World War II

Creator

US Army Signal Corps

• Support as nominator — mikaul^talk 12:07, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Support This is a beautifully exposed and composed encyclopedic and historical photograph. The lighting is superb and the subject matter definitely deserves Featured Picture exposure. MamaGeek ^{(talk/contrib)} 18:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support - Enc, as was the previous child soldier, and very striking what a baby that is. --TotoBaggins 15:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Striking encyclopedic shot. utcursch | talk 04:49, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support Fascinating image Booksworm ^{Sprechen-sie Koala?} 17:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Good image for an encyclopedia. -- Underneath-it-All 03:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support.--Mad Max 07:58, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support, encyclopedic, well illustrates as an example. - Mailer Diablo 02:25, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Striking picture that well-illustrates the subject. CLA 03:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support per all of the above. Spikebrennan 17:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Chinesechildsoldier.jpg --Raven4x4x 08:46, 30 June 2007 (UTC)