One of the First to Fall

One of the First to Fall

Public Domain

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • One of the First to Fall
Datec. 1940s
PlacePapua New Guinea
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.4 cm)
 Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Paula and Mack Lee
Object number2007.1763
Not on view

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various pencil and ink numbers marked on verso sheet.
Typed on verso sheet: "3122 / FROM: / PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION / U.S. COAST GUARD / WASHINGTON, D.C. / OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO / "ONE OF THE FIRST TO FALL" / WOUNDED IN THE INITIAL INVASION AT EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY, BOUGAN- / VILLE (sic), THIS AMERICAN IS HOISTED ABOARD A COAST GUARD-MANNED / TRANSPORT OFF SHORE. HE WAS AMONG THE MARINES AND COAST GUARDS- / MEN TO LEAVE THE SHIP EARLIER IN THE MORNING TO BEGIN THE ATTACK."

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