His Last Invasion
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
His Last Invasion
From CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY"
July 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions stamped in ink on verso LC: BP 50[illegible]
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 49872 HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 8 P.M. (EWT)/ JULY 19, 1945/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET/ THAT CAME TO STAY"/
HIS LAST INVASION--Smiling Ernie Pyle watches the invasion of Okinawa from a/ Navy warship...little realising that Death lay in wait in a gully on Io Shima[sic]./
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./
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 49872 HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 8 P.M. (EWT)/ JULY 19, 1945/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET/ THAT CAME TO STAY"/
HIS LAST INVASION--Smiling Ernie Pyle watches the invasion of Okinawa from a/ Navy warship...little realising that Death lay in wait in a gully on Io Shima[sic]./
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./
