Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in orange crayon and grey paint; crop marks upper left in grey paint; vertical along right edge printed in image: (FX5-OCT. 29) GENERAL MACARTHUR RETURNS TO PHILIPPINES—GENERAL DOUGLAS / MACARTHUR (LEFT), WITH LT. GEN. RICHARD SOUTHERLAND AT HIS SIDE, WADES / THROUGH THE SURF AS HE RETURNS TO THE PHILIPPINES TO DIRECT THE / AMERICAN INVASION OF THE JAP-HELD AMERICAN POSSESSION. (AP WIREPHOTO) / (NRW1800A PL) 1944; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite circled and crossed out: F; upper left stamped twice in red ink perpendicular: SUN TIMES / JAN 20 1963; upper center stamped in purple ink inverted and crossed out in graphite: PIX PAGE; by unknown hand, upper center illegible printing notes in graphite circled, inverted, and crossed out; upper right stamped in green ink inverted: PROPERTY OF / NEWSPAPER DIVISION / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.; center left printed in blue ink: RSF 15481; center left Associated Press copyright stamp in purple ink partially visible; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: His greatest moment, Gen. MacArthur [circled in graphite] (left) with Lt. Gen. Richard Sutherland at his / side, wades through the surf upon return to the Philippines to direct the American / invasion of the then Jap-held American possessions. A love of the dramatic, just as / evidenced in his latest 12-line presidential race statement, has characterized the life / of the Allied supreme commander.; center right stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: MAR-9 1948; lower center stamped in black ink inverted: CHICAGO DAILY NEWS / FEB-9 1971 / PROPERTY OF / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite circled: F; lower right illegible printing notes; bottom center illegible printing notes