Precision, what is...
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Photograph
Precision, what is...
August 24,1950
Gelatin silver print
Image (top): 11.2 x 15.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Image (bottom): 11 x 15.5 cm (4 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Paper: 25.3 x 20.6 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0018.1039
Inscriptions recto (stamped): *77217
(in image): A[ink]-77217A [surrounded by white rectangle]
verso (printed): *77217 A.C. & *A-77217 A.C. - PRECISION, WHAT IS... / Recently, when most / of the United States Air Force B-29s were out / plastering the very stuffing out of major targets / in North Korea, others were on a mission to erase / a railroad repair yard near Wonsan. While the / mission was secondary in nature for that day, the precision with which it was carried out, was / something else. Picture *77217 A.C. shows the / area beforethe strike, and *A-77217 A.C. shows / the bombs landing on the target. Note that the / odd shaped area is being worked over completely, / even the sharp point which contained the gateway / to the yards. / RELEASED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 24, 1950. / PLEASE CREDIT: "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
(in image): A[ink]-77217A [surrounded by white rectangle]
verso (printed): *77217 A.C. & *A-77217 A.C. - PRECISION, WHAT IS... / Recently, when most / of the United States Air Force B-29s were out / plastering the very stuffing out of major targets / in North Korea, others were on a mission to erase / a railroad repair yard near Wonsan. While the / mission was secondary in nature for that day, the precision with which it was carried out, was / something else. Picture *77217 A.C. shows the / area beforethe strike, and *A-77217 A.C. shows / the bombs landing on the target. Note that the / odd shaped area is being worked over completely, / even the sharp point which contained the gateway / to the yards. / RELEASED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 24, 1950. / PLEASE CREDIT: "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
