[Hitting a Japanese freighter]

[Hitting a Japanese freighter]

Photograph

[Hitting a Japanese freighter]

ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0299
Inscriptions Printed and underlined on verso, RC: WATCH YOUR CREDIT "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"
Printed on verso, C: 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 a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
Printed on verso, R: FILE NO: BuAer 32114
Printed on verso, R: HITTING A JAP FREIGHTER - Attack on a Jap merchant vessel, Tonolei Harbor area. A Japanese landplane fighter, which resembles a Grumman F4F, hovering overhead.
Printed on verso, R: (This is print No. 107 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)
Signed in pencil on verso, L: Bu Aer
Signed in pencil on verso, L: 32114
Signed in pencil on verso upside down, TC: 5818
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