Direct Hit on U.S. Carrier

Direct Hit on U.S. Carrier

Photograph

Direct Hit on U.S. Carrier

ca. 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 LC: MOVIE FILM

inscribed in crayon on recto BC: 17489

inscribed in pencil on verso RC: Bu Aer 17489

printedin ink on verso: FILE NO: BuAer 17489

DIRECT HIT ON U.S. CARRIER - A Jap bomb hitting the flight deck of the USS/ Enterprise on August 24, 1942./

(This is print No. 128 in the U.S. Navy Exbhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the/ Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)/ [cancelled]

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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
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