1943 Press Photo Capt Walter Lee Sheppard & war correspondent in India

Benhares India Robert Martin at left a war correspondent and Capt Walter Lee Sheppard of Philadelphia watch dhobies or Hindustani laundrymen beat clothes on slabs of stone as they wash them in the waters of the Ganges The men discover why their uniforms usually come back from the dhobies minus the buttons

Photo is dated 1943.

Photo measures 8.5 x 6.75 inches.