Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

Another Stepping Stone Paid For: The seizure of Mono Island, in the Treasury Group in the Central Solomons, was typical of the amphibious campaigns that are moving U.S. forces stepping stone by stepping stone along the road to Tokyo. But this stepping stone, like others, must be paid for in blood and tears. Part of the price can be seen here. An American soldier lies dead in the foreground. Another is submerged in the water behind him. Their comrades, tense in the background, watch for signs of the enemy that shot them down.

The Battle of the Treasury Islands was a battle that formed part of the wider Pacific War and involved New Zealand and U.S. forces fighting against Japanese troops. The majority of the ground forces were provided by the New Zealand 3rd Division. The Allied invasion of the Japanese-held island group intended to secure Mono and Stirling Islands so that a radar station could be constructed on the former and so the latter could be used as a staging area for an assault on Bougainville. The attack on the Treasury Islands would serve the long-term Allied strategy of isolating Bougainville and Rabaul and eliminating the Japanese garrison in the area.

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

On recto: Label in bottom right corner, "DISPATCH / PHOTO NEWS / SERVICE / INC. / NEW YORK".

On verso: Typewritten label attached in center, "ANOTHER STEPPING STONE PAID FOR / The seizure of Mono Island, in the Treasury Group in the Central Solomons, was typical of the / amphibious campaigns which are moving U.S. forces stepping stone by stepping stone along the road / to Tokyo. But this stepping stone, like others must be paid for in blood and tears. Part of the price / may be seen here. An American soldier lies dead in the foreground. Another is submerged in the water / behind him. Their comrades, tense in the background watch for signs of the enemy that shot them down. / Produced Exclusively by Dispatch Photo News Service, New York City". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner: "DP-WW2-027".

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Battle of the Treasury Islands
• Beach Scenes
• Bougainville
• Corpses
• Death
• Invasions
• Invasions
• Japan
• Killed in action
• Landings
• Mono Island
• Soldiers
• United States Army
• United States Army
• World War II

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