Tail of Two Zeros

Tail of Two Zeros

Photograph

Tail of Two Zeros

May 2, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TR: Kwajalein
printed in ink on verso: 217502 RELEASED: May 2, 1944/
inscribed in crayon on verso TR: circle around "of Kwajalein"
TAIL OF TWO ZEROES--While Lt. (jg) H. A. Schieblers, USNR, listens in/ open-mouthed amazement in the ready room of their aircraft carrier,/ Lt. (jg) Marvin J. Franger, USNR, relates how he shot down two/ Japanese Zeroes which were "tailing" Scheibler during the U. S. Navy/ batter of Roi on January 31, 1944, before the capture of Kwajalein/ atoll in the Marshalls.
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 Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the/ privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
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