Title from caption on object: “Racing Off a Landing Boat...”

January 22, 1944

American 20th Century, United States Army Signal Corps

This is a photograph of a group of soldiers wading through shallow water towards a shoreline. The image captures soldiers moving through the surf, possibly as part of a beach landing operation. One individual is noticeably in the foreground, creating a sense of motion as they rush past the camera, while others are visible in the water at varying distances. The photograph is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the waves, the soldiers, and the cloudy sky overhead. It has overlaid graphic elements or damages such as lines and smudges, adding to the vintage and distressed quality of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.3 × 21.2 cm (4 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 18 × 22.7 cm (7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.334

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in white paint; crop marks upper center, lower left and lower right in grease pencil; on verso, by unknown hand, along right edge in graphite: War-Italy-Invasion; center left illegible printing notes in graphite; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: AP Radiophoto from Signal Corps / RACING OFF a landing boat, American soldiers plunge into water and dash up beach for newest / landing in Italy at Nettuno. Men were disappointed when they landed and met no resistance at first.; center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: JAN 27 1944

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