Under The 'Ducks' Wing
Photograph
Under The 'Ducks' Wing
September 1944
Gelatin silver print
19.4 x 23.8 cm.
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0016
Inscriptions verso-(printed caption) "Under The 'Ducks' Wing - With two of their
amphibious tractors burning in the background - the result of direct
hits by Japanese artillery - Marines of the famed First Division crawl
to the shelter of the stern of a 'duck' (amphibius truck), on the
beach at Peleliu in the Palau Islands" "Hdqrs. No. 95,249" "Dist List
2-4" "Watch Your Credit Line" "Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo"
(in ink) "By Pvt. Robert A. Bailey"
recto-(in image) "USMC" (logo)
amphibious tractors burning in the background - the result of direct
hits by Japanese artillery - Marines of the famed First Division crawl
to the shelter of the stern of a 'duck' (amphibius truck), on the
beach at Peleliu in the Palau Islands" "Hdqrs. No. 95,249" "Dist List
2-4" "Watch Your Credit Line" "Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo"
(in ink) "By Pvt. Robert A. Bailey"
recto-(in image) "USMC" (logo)
