Guam Bombardment

Guam Bombardment

Photograph

Guam Bombardment

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 TC: BA 248289

inscribed in pencil on verso TL: BuAer 248289 C[C is cancelled]

printed in ink on verso: GUAM BOMBARDMENT- The USS PENNSYLVANIA blasting Guam just before the American landing/ on July 20, 1944./

(This is print No. 82 in the U.S. Nacy Exhibit "Power in the Pacfic" at the Museum of/ Modern Art, New York City.)/

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"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./
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