[Night Battle]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Night Battle]
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto in TRC: Bougainville
printed in negative on recto in BL: CURT-20-20" 10-13-42-11000' #611- TONOLEI HARBOR/
stamped on verso in ink on BL: 32114
inscribed in ink on verso LC: circling of word " Bougainville"
printed in ink on verso: File No: W-[illegible]-132-32114 [illegible]erday, [illegible] 24,1943/
HOLD FOR RELEASE/
FLASHING FIRE OF BATTLE BRIGHTENS THE NIGHT - Being no respector of the re-/pose of man, war rends the calm of many a night with the ear splitting blasts/ of the big guns and the howling screach of crashing steel./
In theaters of action as widely seperated as [illegible] Gulf in the central Solomons/ and Sicily in the Mediterranean the stull of the night has been broken with the/ hellish noise of battle./
To the fighting men of the fleet, "night action" is more than a two-word des-/ cription of a study in black and white photography. Night action means sweat and/ blood and bursting death streaking out of the sky./
FLARES MAKE TARGETS OF THE SHIPS- Like water bugs, small Jap craft scamper/ away from larger vessels during American aerial attack on Tonolei Harbor. A/ Zero-type Jap plane is also revealed in the flash of the flares. Tonolei Harbor/ is a Jap base on Bougaineville Island in hte central Solomons./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRA H"[sic]/
From the viewpoing of Naval security, there are no objections to the use of this/ photograph in commercial advertising(*), provided the accompanying copy and/ layout are submitted prior to publication to the/ OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/Review Section/ NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C.
(*) Note: Compliance with the laws of privacy and other laws pertaining to/ commercial advertising is the responsibility of the parties using the photograph/ in commercial advertising. The Navy Department cannot and does not assume/ any responsibility for waiving or abrogating such rights as the individual or/ individuals, portrayed in this photograph may have in that respect./
printed in negative on recto in BL: CURT-20-20" 10-13-42-11000' #611- TONOLEI HARBOR/
stamped on verso in ink on BL: 32114
inscribed in ink on verso LC: circling of word " Bougainville"
printed in ink on verso: File No: W-[illegible]-132-32114 [illegible]erday, [illegible] 24,1943/
HOLD FOR RELEASE/
FLASHING FIRE OF BATTLE BRIGHTENS THE NIGHT - Being no respector of the re-/pose of man, war rends the calm of many a night with the ear splitting blasts/ of the big guns and the howling screach of crashing steel./
In theaters of action as widely seperated as [illegible] Gulf in the central Solomons/ and Sicily in the Mediterranean the stull of the night has been broken with the/ hellish noise of battle./
To the fighting men of the fleet, "night action" is more than a two-word des-/ cription of a study in black and white photography. Night action means sweat and/ blood and bursting death streaking out of the sky./
FLARES MAKE TARGETS OF THE SHIPS- Like water bugs, small Jap craft scamper/ away from larger vessels during American aerial attack on Tonolei Harbor. A/ Zero-type Jap plane is also revealed in the flash of the flares. Tonolei Harbor/ is a Jap base on Bougaineville Island in hte central Solomons./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRA H"[sic]/
From the viewpoing of Naval security, there are no objections to the use of this/ photograph in commercial advertising(*), provided the accompanying copy and/ layout are submitted prior to publication to the/ OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/Review Section/ NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C.
(*) Note: Compliance with the laws of privacy and other laws pertaining to/ commercial advertising is the responsibility of the parties using the photograph/ in commercial advertising. The Navy Department cannot and does not assume/ any responsibility for waiving or abrogating such rights as the individual or/ individuals, portrayed in this photograph may have in that respect./
