U.S. Marine Dies in Iwo Jima Shell Hole

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. Marine Dies in Iwo Jima Shell Hole
Date1945
PlaceIwo Jima, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 6 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (15.7 × 11.3 cm)
Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in recognition of "G" Company, the living history branch of the National Museum of the Pacific War, and their dedication to the preservation of WWII history
Object number2004.1740
Non exposé

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Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Typed label on verso: "U.S. MARINE DIES IN IWO JIMA SHELL HOLE / A U.S. Marine lies dead in the volcanic dust of a shell hole on Iwo Jima, Japanese military outpost 750 miles / (1200 kms.) from Tokyo, capital of Japan. He is one of / more than 2,050 U.S. Marines killed in action by March / 5, as American forces advanced northward on the island / after their Feb. 18 landings. The Japanese, pushed to / the island's northern edge, had lost more than 12,800 / men while continuing their bitter resistance. 38695 / Distributed 29/3/45 - Morning Papers / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / (Please credit U.S. Office of War Information Picture)"

Stamped on verso: "PLEASE CREDIT / U.S. Office of War Information Picture / United States Office of War Information / Grace Building, 77 York Street, / Sydney Australia.", "STANDARD"

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