Army-Navy "One-Two" Punch Neutralizes New Guinea
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Army-Navy "One-Two" Punch Neutralizes New Guinea
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 TR: New Guinea
inscribed in crayon on verso BC: Hollandia
printed in ink on verso: File No: 251087 RELEASED: May 13, 1944/
ARMY-NAVY "ONE-TWO" PUNCH NEUTRALIZES NEW GUINEA/
Climaxing a three-weeks 1,500-ton serial bombardment, thousands of American/ troops landed on Netherland New Guinea in three sectors on April 22, 1944, thus/ cutting off an estimated 60,000 Jap soldiers defending the Pacific Island. These/ OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS depict the landing at Humboldt bay, where one/ invading force found little Jap opposition, moved quickly inland to seize/ coastal airfields. Giant bulldozers and trucks followed the frist wave in, to/ renovate the fields after their capture./
Disdaining the presence of Jap snipers, general Douglass MacArthur goes ashore/ with his men, in the second wave to hit the beach. He strides down the beach/ at Humboldt bay, discussing the situation with the Army sector commander./ General MacArthur went ashore at Tanahmera Bay and Aitaps--the other two/ points inveded--on the same day./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in/ commerical 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 crayon on verso BC: Hollandia
printed in ink on verso: File No: 251087 RELEASED: May 13, 1944/
ARMY-NAVY "ONE-TWO" PUNCH NEUTRALIZES NEW GUINEA/
Climaxing a three-weeks 1,500-ton serial bombardment, thousands of American/ troops landed on Netherland New Guinea in three sectors on April 22, 1944, thus/ cutting off an estimated 60,000 Jap soldiers defending the Pacific Island. These/ OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS depict the landing at Humboldt bay, where one/ invading force found little Jap opposition, moved quickly inland to seize/ coastal airfields. Giant bulldozers and trucks followed the frist wave in, to/ renovate the fields after their capture./
Disdaining the presence of Jap snipers, general Douglass MacArthur goes ashore/ with his men, in the second wave to hit the beach. He strides down the beach/ at Humboldt bay, discussing the situation with the Army sector commander./ General MacArthur went ashore at Tanahmera Bay and Aitaps--the other two/ points inveded--on the same day./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in/ commerical 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./
