Unknown Photographer
Indians from a front-line village take shelter during a battle in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw area as Japanese troops send mortar fire overhead, Arakan Front, Burma, March 1944
Gelatin silver print on paper
6 9/16 x 8 1/8 in. (16.67 x 20.64 cm)
Creation Place:
Asia
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.428
Commentary
Arakan Front, Burma: Indians from a front-line village take shelter in a slit trench during a battle in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw area, as Japanese troops send mortar fire overhead in reply to British guns barking nearby. In Northern Burma, Brigadier General Frank Merrill’s marauders have seized Shaduzup, cutting off the retreat of Japanese troops being pushed southward, March 1944.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 Overall: 7 5/16 x 8 7/8
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Air raid defenses,
Arakan Front,
Buthidaung,
China Burma India Theater,
Civilians,
Great Britain,
Indian,
Japan,
Land bombardments,
Male Figures,
Maungdaw,
Mortars,
Villages,
World War II
- Air raid defenses
- Arakan Front
- Buthidaung
- China Burma India Theater
- Civilians
- Great Britain
- Indian
- Japan
- Land bombardments
- Male Figures
- Maungdaw
- Mortars
- Villages
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 8 1/8 in. (16.67 x 20.64 cm)
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