Joe Rosenthal
Japs Blasted out of Pillbox

ArtistAmerican, 1911–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Japs Blasted out of Pillbox
  • These dead Japs were very live soldiers until they tried to stop Marines on Iwo from taking their pillbox. They were blasted out.
DateFebruary 23, 1945
PlaceJapan
MediumTransmitted gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.2 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (19.2 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels
Object number2009.1217
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
typed caption on right of image - see photo in accession file:
"(FX9-March 2) JAPS BLASTED OUT OF PILLBOX -- ... / Photo by Joe Rosenthal, AP PHOTOGRAPHER / on assignment... (APWIREPHOTO)"

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