Object number2002.7.1
Coffee for Eniwetok Survivors - These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and two nights of fighting, are typical of the conquerors of Eniwetok Atoll
Date1944
Artist
Ray Platnick
(American, 1917-1986)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (19.53 x 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.64 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.64 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, in unidentified hand, center in pencil: Photo by Ray Platnick / US Coast Guard / Photo published in / US Navy War Photographs, / ed. Edward Steichen / vintage print;
right edge: C G. 3345;
upper right corner: Ill. p. 59 US Naval Photographs, Steichen, ed. / Photo by Ray Platnik, USCGR / T/E
BibliographyBristol, Horace., David Douglas. Duncan, and Edward Steichen. US Navy War Photographs: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Harbor: A Collection of Official U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Photographs / Compiled by Captain Edward Steichen. New York: U.S. Camera, 1946, p. 59
Histories of Photography. Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003, p. 8ProvenancePurchased from Tartt/WashingtonExhibition HistoryHistories of Photography, France Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 5 - September 21, 2003
Label TextPictured is 19 year old Faris “Bob” M. Tuohy of the 3rd Battalion, Independent 22nd Marine Regiment with Private First Class Stephen Garboski of the 22nd Marines, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade and an unidentified soldier behind him. These soldiers were photographed in the mess deck of transport ship USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25) after surviving the two day fight for Engebi Island in the Enewetak Atoll, during the Battle of Enewetak. A part of the Marshall Islands, at the time the island was under Japanese control. This photo was one of the few wartime releases to show the psychological effects of war and was widely distributed.
In Guam on July 1944, Garboski was one of 1,147 Marines killed in action. According to Tuohy, Garboski was a victim of friendly fire when USAAF aircraft attacked Marine positions. Tuohy believes the unidentified soldier photographed was also killed in action. Tuohy himself survived the war, returned home and lived until he was 99 years old, passing away in 2023.
DescriptionBlack and white image of a young man, Faris “Bob” M. Tuohy, drinking a cup of coffee. He holds the cup close to his body and wears coveralls covered in soot and blood. He stands in profile with his face and hands smudged with soot and blood. Behind him and to the right is Stephen Garboski and an unidentified soldier sitting next to him with his coffee. Both are similar in appearance to Tuohy.
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Currently Unidentified
c. 1790-1800
Culture: Indian [possibly Punjab Hills]
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