Natives of Iheya Shima are quietly gathered into a compound at the beachhead when the island was invaded.

Natives of Iheya Shima are quietly gathered into a compound at the beachhead when the island was invaded.

Photograph

U.S. Navy

Unidentified

Maker

Natives of Iheya Shima are quietly gathered into a compound at the beachhead when the island was invaded.

From MARINES CAPTURE TWO MORE ISLANDS IN THE RYUKYUS


June 3, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0267
Inscriptions recto (black grease pencil): IHEYA SHIMA
[verso digitally reproduced in media record ]
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