[Bombardment of Iwo Jima]

[Bombardment of Iwo Jima]

Photograph

[Bombardment of Iwo Jima]

February 17, 1945
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 BL: CW-1-31/ 307145
stamped in ink on verso in BC: 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 307145
Taken from USS NEVADA during the bombardment of the Island of Iwo Jima. Feb. 17, 1945/ Admiral Rogers and the NEVADAS skipper on the open bridge while other landings are taking place./
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