[Bombardment of Iwo Jima as seen from the USS Nevada]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[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 printed in ink on verso: BuAer 307147/ Taken from USS NEVADA during the bombardment of the Island of Iwo Jima. Feb.7, 1945/ Photographer-- Joseph J. McGuire PhoM3c./ Our 40mm guns firing into the cave on volcano on the island./
CONFIDENTIAL/
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH/ NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION/ BY ORDER OF/
THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU/ OF AERONAUTICS/
inscribed in crayon on verso TC: underlining text
inscribed in pencil on verso RC: CW-1-34/ 307147
CONFIDENTIAL/
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH/ NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION/ BY ORDER OF/
THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU/ OF AERONAUTICS/
inscribed in crayon on verso TC: underlining text
inscribed in pencil on verso RC: CW-1-34/ 307147
