Drawing a Bead
Photograph
Drawing a Bead
A Marine of the First Division lines up his sights on a Japanese sniper with his "tommy gun" as his companion ducks for cover. The Division was engaged in taking Wana Ridge, before the town of Shuri, Okinawa.
May 18, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0398
Inscriptions recto (printed logo): USMC
[verso digitally reproduced in media record]
verso (typed in blue ink):
DRAWING A BEAD-----A Marine of the First Division lines up his sights on a Japanese sniper with his "tommy gun" as his companion ducks for cover. The Division was engaged in taking Wana Ridge, before the town of Shuri, Okinawa.
Hdqtrs. No. 123,170.
DIST LIST Stock
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OFFICIAL U. S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO
By Staff Sergeant W. F. Kleine
[verso digitally reproduced in media record]
verso (typed in blue ink):
DRAWING A BEAD-----A Marine of the First Division lines up his sights on a Japanese sniper with his "tommy gun" as his companion ducks for cover. The Division was engaged in taking Wana Ridge, before the town of Shuri, Okinawa.
Hdqtrs. No. 123,170.
DIST LIST Stock
WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE
OFFICIAL U. S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO
By Staff Sergeant W. F. Kleine
