Ebb Tide
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Ebb Tide
January 31-February 4, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in image on recto BRC: BuAer 213455
inscribed in crayon on recto TC: Kwajalein
printed in ink on verso: File No: 213455 For Rotogravure Sections:/ Sunday, April 30, 1944/
KWAJALEIN: CLASSIC OF INVASIONS/
Less than three months after Tarawa fell, a giant and com-/ plex task force composed of U.S. Navy warships on Kwajalein atoll in the heart of the Marshalls./ First of the mandated Japanese islands to be conquered, Kwajalein had been re-/ garded as potentially much stronger that Tarawa. The stronghold was conquered/ in less time than the Gilberts base, however, and with few casualties--our/ losses being 286 killed, 82 missing and 1,148 wounded against 8,122 dead Japs/ and 264 prisoners. An unprecedented aerial and ship bombardment devastated the/ island before troops set foot ashore, This was augmented in the opening/ stages of the landing by field artillery which has landed on the atolls flanking the/ main objective. These OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS tell better than words the/ epic story of the capture of Kwajalein, January 31-February 21, 1944.)/
14. EBB TIDE-- Flotsam left by the ebbing Japanese tide of empires, these dead/ enemy troops lie in a sandy ditch where they fell on Kwajalein. More than 8,000/ [illegible] to save the Son of Heaven's vain dream of conquest./
(Editor's note: This picture was released by Cincpac, February 21, 1944.)
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
inscribed in crayon on recto TC: Kwajalein
printed in ink on verso: File No: 213455 For Rotogravure Sections:/ Sunday, April 30, 1944/
KWAJALEIN: CLASSIC OF INVASIONS/
Less than three months after Tarawa fell, a giant and com-/ plex task force composed of U.S. Navy warships on Kwajalein atoll in the heart of the Marshalls./ First of the mandated Japanese islands to be conquered, Kwajalein had been re-/ garded as potentially much stronger that Tarawa. The stronghold was conquered/ in less time than the Gilberts base, however, and with few casualties--our/ losses being 286 killed, 82 missing and 1,148 wounded against 8,122 dead Japs/ and 264 prisoners. An unprecedented aerial and ship bombardment devastated the/ island before troops set foot ashore, This was augmented in the opening/ stages of the landing by field artillery which has landed on the atolls flanking the/ main objective. These OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS tell better than words the/ epic story of the capture of Kwajalein, January 31-February 21, 1944.)/
14. EBB TIDE-- Flotsam left by the ebbing Japanese tide of empires, these dead/ enemy troops lie in a sandy ditch where they fell on Kwajalein. More than 8,000/ [illegible] to save the Son of Heaven's vain dream of conquest./
(Editor's note: This picture was released by Cincpac, February 21, 1944.)
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
