Inscription
on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: War World II Pacific. Okinowa [sic] & Iwo Jima; center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, lower center in purple crayon on applied paper inverted: 45; bottom center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: SOUNDPHOTO..SOUNDPHOTO / U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO FROM / H-20...WATCH YOUR CREDIT..INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG (LST'S IWO) / BACKING THE ATTACK ON IWO / IWO JIMA.....NAVY LANDING CRAFT. GREAT JAWS AGAPE POUR / OUT STREAMS OF SUPPLIES TO BACK THE ATTACK OF THE GALLANT / MARINES ON IWO JIMA. ONLY A FEW HOURS AFTER THE LEATHER- / NECKS HAD HACKED OUT THIS TOEHOLD ON FUTATSUNE BEACH, / COAST GUARD-MANNED LANDING CRAFT POURED THE SINEWS OF / WAR ASHORE LIKE THIS. / W.3.3.45
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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