Over the Side
Photograph
Over the Side
The United States Marines Land at Cape Gloucester
ca. 1943
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0051
Inscriptions inscribed on recto in crayon TC: ? 68998 68998[cancelled]
in negative on verso BRC: USMC and emblem
printed in ink on verso: OVER THE SIDE---Carrying their rifles high, Marines wade/ through a three-foot surf at Cape Gloucester from their LST/ and immediately assemble at designated spots to push into the/ New Britain Island jungle and lay seige to the Jap-held/ airport./
Hdqtrs No: 68, 988 WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE/
DIST LIST. STOCK OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO/
By Sgt. Robert M. Howard./
in negative on verso BRC: USMC and emblem
printed in ink on verso: OVER THE SIDE---Carrying their rifles high, Marines wade/ through a three-foot surf at Cape Gloucester from their LST/ and immediately assemble at designated spots to push into the/ New Britain Island jungle and lay seige to the Jap-held/ airport./
Hdqtrs No: 68, 988 WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE/
DIST LIST. STOCK OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO/
By Sgt. Robert M. Howard./
