[Leyte invasion]

[Leyte invasion]

Photograph

[Leyte invasion]

ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (18.4 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0298
Inscriptions Printed in blue ink on verso, TL: FILE NO: BuAer 59501
Printed in blue ink on verso, TL: LEYTE INVASION - Heavy columns of smoke rise in the sky over the Philippines as Navy / carrier-based planes and Naval guns hammer the shores of Leyte in a torrential prelude / to the landings, October 20, 1944.
Printed in blue ink on verso, TL: (This is print No. 81 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of / Modern Art, New York City.)
Printed and underlined in blue ink on verso, C: WATCH YOUR CREDIT / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"
Printed in blue ink on verso, C: 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 Relations Office. However, it has no / power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: 5818
Inscribed in pencil on verso, L: Buaer 59501
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