Coast Guard Brings out Iwo Jima Wounded

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coast Guard Brings out Iwo Jima Wounded
  • Wounded when Japanese fire made a direct hit on an amtrac, a marine is transferred by coast guardsmen to a landing boat off the flaming shore of Iwo Jima on D-Day. After darting in with boatloads of marines, coast guard-manned landing craft ran back to sea with casualties to LSTS, especially fitted as temporary hospital ships. Intense enemy fire exacted a heavy toll as the beachhead was established on the volcanic island fortress only 750 miles from Tokyo.
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Charles Dee Mitchell
Object number2019.286
Non exposé

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Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed or stamped in purple, verso: 4061 // FROM: // PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION // U. S. COAST GUARD // WASHINGTON, D. C. // OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO // COAST GUARD BRINGS OUT IWO JIMA WOUNDED [underlined] // WOUNDED WHEN JAP FIRE MADE A DIRECT HIT ON AN AMTRAC, A MARINE IS // TRANSFERRED BY COAST GUARDSMEN TO A LANDING BOAT OFF THE FLAMING // SHORE OF IWO JIMA ON D-DAY. AFTER DARTING IN WITH BOATLOADS OF // MARINES, COAST GUARD-MANNED LANDING CRAFT RAN BACK TO SEA WITH // CASUALTIES TO LSTS, ESPECIALLY FITTED AS TEMPORARY HOSPITAL SHIPS, // INTENSE ENEMY FIRE EXACTED A HEAVY TOLL AS THE BEACHHEAD WAS // ESTABLISHED ON THE VOLCANIC ISLAND FORTRESS ONLY 750 MILES FROM // TOKYO. // // MAR 6 1945 // // RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION // 27 FEB 1945 // U.S. COAST GUARD // WASHINGTON, D.C.

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