PFC Robert R. Dodds
A Squad of Marines Ambushed by Jap Gunfire

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Squad of Marines Ambushed by Jap Gunfire
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (19.1 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels
Object number2009.1223
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left in ink[upside down] "47[circled]"
recto bottom margin typed "A squad of Marines ambushed by Jap machine gun fire"

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