[U.S. Navy Ship Assualt on Biak Island]
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[U.S. Navy Ship Assualt on Biak Island]
June 14, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TR: New Guinea
inscribed in crayon on verso BL: Biak
printed in ink on verso: File No: 59430 RELEASED: June 14, 1944/
U. S. NAVY SHIPS PAVE WAY FOR ARMY SMASHING ASHORE AT BIAK/
Amphibious teamwork in action, pictured by Navy Combat Photographers as ships'/
guns clear the way for landings on tiny, strategic Biak Island in the Netherlands/
Indies, May 27, 1944. Possession of Biak, lying on the equator on the northwest/
end of New Guinea, presents a threat to the Philippines./
Columns of smoke rise from Biak as U. S. Navy ships pound Jap installations in/
support of landing operations. A lookout scans the scene, watching for enemy/
planes which might dive through the smoke./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
inscribed in crayon on verso BL: Biak
printed in ink on verso: File No: 59430 RELEASED: June 14, 1944/
U. S. NAVY SHIPS PAVE WAY FOR ARMY SMASHING ASHORE AT BIAK/
Amphibious teamwork in action, pictured by Navy Combat Photographers as ships'/
guns clear the way for landings on tiny, strategic Biak Island in the Netherlands/
Indies, May 27, 1944. Possession of Biak, lying on the equator on the northwest/
end of New Guinea, presents a threat to the Philippines./
Columns of smoke rise from Biak as U. S. Navy ships pound Jap installations in/
support of landing operations. A lookout scans the scene, watching for enemy/
planes which might dive through the smoke./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
