Fire From the Eagle's Nest
Photograph
E. G. Wilbert
Maker
Fire From the Eagle's Nest
ca. 1943
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0013
Inscriptions in negative on recto BR: USMC and emblem
printed in ink on verso: FIRE FROM THE EAGLE'S NEST----Perched on the rocky edge of a/ sheer cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, a Marine manned 75 mm/ pack howitzer fired on Japanese soldiers seeking shelter in a/ cave. The Leathernecks carried the weapon up the cliff piece/ by piece and lashed in into position to bombard the enemy./
Hdqtrs. No. 94, 660. WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE/
DIST LIST Stock OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO/
By Corporal E. G. Wilbert/
printed in ink on verso: FIRE FROM THE EAGLE'S NEST----Perched on the rocky edge of a/ sheer cliff on Tinian, Mariana Islands, a Marine manned 75 mm/ pack howitzer fired on Japanese soldiers seeking shelter in a/ cave. The Leathernecks carried the weapon up the cliff piece/ by piece and lashed in into position to bombard the enemy./
Hdqtrs. No. 94, 660. WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE/
DIST LIST Stock OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO/
By Corporal E. G. Wilbert/
