Battle of 'Suicide Ridge'
Photograph
Battle of 'Suicide Ridge'
September 1944
Gelatin silver print
19.6 x 23.9 cm.
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0395
Inscriptions recto (printed logo): USMC
verso (printed): THE BATTLE OF "SUICIDE RIDGE"----Marines using rifle grenades, throwing hand grenades and "Molotov Cocktails" battle the Japs
well entrenched in caves on 'Suicide Ridge' on Peleliu Island.
Notice the torch in the center foreground, used for lighting the
"cocktails" and the flaming missile in the hand of the Marine
tossing it. These men fought for nine days before relief
arrived and they could go to a rear base for a much needed rest.
Hdqtrs. No. 95,375....
[verso digitally reproduced in media record ]
verso (printed): THE BATTLE OF "SUICIDE RIDGE"----Marines using rifle grenades, throwing hand grenades and "Molotov Cocktails" battle the Japs
well entrenched in caves on 'Suicide Ridge' on Peleliu Island.
Notice the torch in the center foreground, used for lighting the
"cocktails" and the flaming missile in the hand of the Marine
tossing it. These men fought for nine days before relief
arrived and they could go to a rear base for a much needed rest.
Hdqtrs. No. 95,375....
[verso digitally reproduced in media record ]
