[Bombardment of Iwo Jima as Seen From the USS Nevada]
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[Bombardment of Iwo Jima as Seen From the USS Nevada]

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[Bombardment of Iwo Jima as Seen From the USS Nevada]

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 pencil on verso in RC: CW-1-289/ 307143
inscribed in crayon on verso in TC: underlining of text "Iwo Jima"
stamped in ink on verso in C: OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH/ NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION/ BY ORDER OF/ THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU/ OF AERONAUTICS/
CONFIDENTIAL

printed in ink on verso: BuAer 307143/ Taken from USS NEVADA during the bombardment if the Island of Iwo Jima. Feb 19, 1945/ Photographer--Joseph J McGuire PhoM3c./ Out landing craft come rom beach after landing our marines there./
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