SAND AND BULLETS
Photograph
R.W. Mulstay
Maker
SAND AND BULLETS
From IWO JIMA
February 20, 1945
Gelatin silver print
19.7 x 24.4 cm.
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0511
Inscriptions recto (printed logo): USMC
verso (printed): IWO JIMA
February 20, 1945
SAND AND BULLETS-----The yielding sands of the beach and the enemy's
fire were responsible for this scene of death and destruction.
Many vehicles were bogged down in the soft sand as Jap guns wrecked
others and caused death in the ranks of the Marines.
Hdqtrs. No. 109,604. OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO
(ink) SGT. R.W. MULSTAY
verso (printed): IWO JIMA
February 20, 1945
SAND AND BULLETS-----The yielding sands of the beach and the enemy's
fire were responsible for this scene of death and destruction.
Many vehicles were bogged down in the soft sand as Jap guns wrecked
others and caused death in the ranks of the Marines.
Hdqtrs. No. 109,604. OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO
(ink) SGT. R.W. MULSTAY
