by Artist (3)
Unknown Photographer
Clothes still burning from the flame-thrower that killed him, a dead Japanese lies outside his pillbox, Iwo Jima, May 1945
Vintage gelatin silver print on paper
4 1/8 x 6 9/16 in. (10.48 x 16.67 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:
P2019.21.476
Commentary
Clothes still burning from the hot breath of the flame-thrower that killed him, a dead Japanese soldier lies outside his pillbox. This is a still from the Navy, Marine and Coast Guard film, “To the Shores of Iwo Jima”, May 1945.
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/16 x 8
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Battle of Iwo Jima,
Corpses,
Death,
Flamethrowers,
Iwo Jima,
Japan,
Killed in action,
Pacific Theater,
Pillboxes,
Soldiers,
Suffering,
To the Shores of Iwo Jima,
United States Coast Guard,
United States Navy,
United States Navy,
World War II
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Corpses
- Death
- Flamethrowers
- Iwo Jima
- Japan
- Killed in action
- Pacific Theater
- Pillboxes
- Soldiers
- Suffering
- To the Shores of Iwo Jima
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Navy
- United States Navy
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 6 9/16 in. (10.48 x 16.67 cm)
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