Victors Display Flag Of The Vanquished
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Victors Display Flag Of The Vanquished
1944
Gelatin silver print
18.9 x 23.8 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3342" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read "Official Coast Guard
Photo" "Victors Display Flag Of The Vanquished" "Marines and Coast
Guardsmen, who stormed and captured Engebi Island in the Marshalls,
display a bullet-ruddled Japanese flag, which went down under terrific
firepower of the Americans' initial sweep from the Coast Guard-manned
landing barges."
(rubberstamp) "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard'"
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read "Official Coast Guard
Photo" "Victors Display Flag Of The Vanquished" "Marines and Coast
Guardsmen, who stormed and captured Engebi Island in the Marshalls,
display a bullet-ruddled Japanese flag, which went down under terrific
firepower of the Americans' initial sweep from the Coast Guard-manned
landing barges."
(rubberstamp) "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard'"
