The Flag Marches On
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
The Flag Marches On
May 16, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TR: New Guinea
stamped in ink on verso TR: Released JUNE 13, 1944
inscribed in crayon on verso RC: "Hollandia"
printed in ink on verso: File No: 251,794/
THE FLAG MARCHES ON--Hitting the beach under a hail of enemy fire, U.S. Army soldiers/ take cover behind fallen trees, driftwood and whatever other protection they can find/ as they storm Wakde island in May 16, 1944. Behind them flies the National Ensign,/
waving in the breeze from the stern of a damaged landing craft. The island soon fell/ under the determined attack, providing the Allies with a strategic airfield pointed west./
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 a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
stamped in ink on verso TR: Released JUNE 13, 1944
inscribed in crayon on verso RC: "Hollandia"
printed in ink on verso: File No: 251,794/
THE FLAG MARCHES ON--Hitting the beach under a hail of enemy fire, U.S. Army soldiers/ take cover behind fallen trees, driftwood and whatever other protection they can find/ as they storm Wakde island in May 16, 1944. Behind them flies the National Ensign,/
waving in the breeze from the stern of a damaged landing craft. The island soon fell/ under the determined attack, providing the Allies with a strategic airfield pointed west./
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 a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
