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World War II. The Pacific Campaign. The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese island). US flame throwers used to dislodge the Japanese from their bunkers. April, 1945.
World War II. The Pacific Campaign. The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese island). US flame throwers used to dislodge the Japanese from their bunkers. April, 1945.
Object number2018.27.23

World War II. The Pacific Campaign. The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese island). US flame throwers used to dislodge the Japanese from their bunkers. April, 1945.

DateApril 1945
Artist (American, 1918-1978)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.8 x 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (24.8 x 35.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Therese and David Hymer for art and learning
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand upper left corner in pencil: 73 / / RI / / 20; upper center [scratched out]: 62p; upper right corner: ©; various arrows and measurements at center; center in brown crayon [horizontally]: B; in blue crayon [horizontally and circled]: #17579; in pencil [horizontally]: Okinawa / Flame-Throwing Tank / in action. B[circled]; right edge in blue crayon: PHOTO#5587239; in pencil: 731/ ON / 90 / 334[vertically] / 76[crossed out]; lower center [circled]: 3; lower right: B; [upside down] 348-349; lower left corner: FLLAC 2018.27.23
MarkingsOn verso, stamped center left in blue ink [vertically]: MAY 2 1945; in red ink: USED IN LIFE MAY 14 1945 / OVERSEAS EDITION; center in blue ink [vertically]: FURCELL BOOK; center right in red ink [vertically]: 8974; lower center in blue ink: 17579; lower left in red ink [vertically]: WAR BOOK AUG 1945; lower left corner in blue ink [vertically]: LIFE PHOTO / BY / W. EUGENE SMITH.; © ____ Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.
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DescriptionBlack and white image of two tanks climbing up a charred and barren hillside with smoke rising and flames shooting from the tank on right.
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