Stars and Stripes Fly Over Iwo Jima
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Stars and Stripes Fly Over 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 printed in ink on piece of paper glued to verso: AH 78[cancelled] 81 CINCPAC-,POA 24 February 1945/ OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH, PACIFIC FLEET./ CAUTION:Use Credit Line./
STARS AND STRIPES FLY OVER IWO JIMA/
Marines can be seen about the base of the staff on which they raised/ the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on 23 February (ELD)./ Volcano is in foreground while flag stands out against the blue Paci-/ fic. A large Jap cave can be discerned part way down the slope./ Photo made from a U.S. Navy Liberator 24 February 1945. Film was flown/ to Guam for processing, and then radipphotedd[sic] to Sanfranciso by Navy Radio./
OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH, PACIFIC FLEET./
jpd 1930 2-24-45/
Cbtair/
STARS AND STRIPES FLY OVER IWO JIMA/
Marines can be seen about the base of the staff on which they raised/ the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on 23 February (ELD)./ Volcano is in foreground while flag stands out against the blue Paci-/ fic. A large Jap cave can be discerned part way down the slope./ Photo made from a U.S. Navy Liberator 24 February 1945. Film was flown/ to Guam for processing, and then radipphotedd[sic] to Sanfranciso by Navy Radio./
OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH, PACIFIC FLEET./
jpd 1930 2-24-45/
Cbtair/
