Rice more important than jets to Japs
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Rice more important than jets to Japs
August 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
Paper: 25.3 x 20.7 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0018.1044
Inscriptions recto (in image): +77201A.C.
verso (stamped in blue ink): 77201 A.C. -RICE MORE IMPORTANT THAN JETS TO JAPS. / The ancient and ageless Orient is taking / the futuristic jet and rocket warfare without a / second bat of its eye. These Japanese concentrate / on their rice paddy, without even glancing up at / an Air Force Shooting Star taking off for a mission / against the North Koreans. / RELEASED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 1950. / PLEASE CREDIT: "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
verso (stamped in blue ink): 77201 A.C. -RICE MORE IMPORTANT THAN JETS TO JAPS. / The ancient and ageless Orient is taking / the futuristic jet and rocket warfare without a / second bat of its eye. These Japanese concentrate / on their rice paddy, without even glancing up at / an Air Force Shooting Star taking off for a mission / against the North Koreans. / RELEASED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 1950. / PLEASE CREDIT: "OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO."
