En Route to Guam
Photograph
En Route to Guam
Helldrivers Returning from Guam Strike
July 20, 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 LC: 24104
inscribed in crayon on recto overall: editing marks
inscribed in crayon on recto C: circle around a cloud
inscribed in pencil on verson TC: 241047
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BuAer 241043/
EN ROUTE TO GUAM - U.S. Navy planes form a pattern in the sky while in the/ background an aircraft carrier leaves a wake straight as an arrow...pointed/ towards Guam. On July 20, 1944, the "triphibious" assault was launched against the/ island... first U.S. possession retaken from the Japs since the war began./
(This is print no. 134 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the/ Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)
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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
inscribed in crayon on recto overall: editing marks
inscribed in crayon on recto C: circle around a cloud
inscribed in pencil on verson TC: 241047
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BuAer 241043/
EN ROUTE TO GUAM - U.S. Navy planes form a pattern in the sky while in the/ background an aircraft carrier leaves a wake straight as an arrow...pointed/ towards Guam. On July 20, 1944, the "triphibious" assault was launched against the/ island... first U.S. possession retaken from the Japs since the war began./
(This is print no. 134 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the/ Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)
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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
