Marines Take Shelter on Iwo Jima

Marines Take Shelter on Iwo Jima

Photograph

Marines Take Shelter on Iwo Jima

ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions stamped in ink on verso RC: BZ 15 11

printed in ink on verso:
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./

CINCPAC-PCA AH-65 Released: February 21, 1945/
MARINES TAKE SHELTER ON IWO JIMA -- With the battle raging close by, American/ Marines pause for a much-needed rest in shell crators and fox holes the day/ after they went ashore on Iwo Jima. This aerial picture was made by Lieut/ L.S. Willis, USMR, of Philadelphia, Pa./
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