Grasshopper Over Naha

Grasshopper Over Naha

Photograph

David Douglas Duncan

Maker
American, 1916–2018

Grasshopper Over Naha

ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0026
Inscriptions printed on ink on verso: GRASSHOPPER OVER NAHA- A Marine observation plane flies low over/ Naha, capital of Okinawa. On this flight, the tiny ship drew small/ arms and antiaircraft fire from the city which was in Japanese/ control at the time. Note the sunken shipping in the harbor in the/ background./

Hdqrs. No. 121,116 WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE/
DIST LIST 2-4 OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY MARINE CORPS PHOTO
5-3145 By Lieutenant David D. Duncan


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