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on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: #-12; upper left in black ink perpendicular and underlined: S.F. Examiner; upper center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; center left stamped in black perpendicular and underlined in red crayon: WAR-2ND WORLD HAWAII / DEVASTATION; center left printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: MITCHELL (I) --- Years before his death in 1936, / Gen. William Mitchell predicted that Japanese planes / would successfully attack Hawaii. On Dec. 7, 1941, / the "sneak" attack on Pearl Harbor, while the U.S. / was still talking peace with Japan, established the / fighting general as a true prophet. The following / month, the U.S. Senate gave belated recognition / to his patriotism by voting him the rank of Major / General. Above, the battleship Arizona after the / Pearl Harbor raid. Had Congress listened to "Billy" / Mitchell's advice, Peal [sic] Harbor might have been averted.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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