Pearl Harbor Attack. Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.
1941, 7 December
Gelatin silver print
U.S. Navy
LC-USW33-018433-C
LL/95883 [Further details available]
1 of 20
Jap Bomb Hits Flight Deck of USS Enterprise 24 August 1942
1942, 24 August
Photograph
National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives Identifier (NAID): 520592
LL/126085 [Further details available]
2 of 20
80-G-182259 Japanese Navy Type 99 Carrier Bombers
1941, 7 December
Gelatin silver print
U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-182259
LL/95882 [Further details available]
3 of 20
"Edward Steichen & Carl Sandburg Exhibition Announcement: Road to Victory" by Steichen, Edward & Carl Sandburg (New York: the Museum of Modern Art, 1942)
1942
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1237
4 of 20
Japanese night raiders are greeted with a lacework of anti-aircraft fire by the Marine defenders of Yontan airfield, on Okinawa. In the foreground are Marine Corsair fighter planes of the "Hell's Belles' squadron
1945, 28 July
Gelatin silver print
Internet - Original source ill-defined
US Marine Corp, public domain, defenseimagery.mil, HD-SN-99-02894
LL/66071
5 of 20
Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain
1943, 26 December
Gelatin silver print
National Archives and Records Administration
Photo identification number: 127-G-68998
LL/63444
6 of 20
(Soldier In Saipan Holds Baby, Other Soldier Looks On)
1944, June
Gelatin silver print
Andrew Smith Gallery
LL/2408
7 of 20
Gen. Douglas MacArthur with Gen. Richard Sutherland and Col. Lloyd Lehrbas walks through the surf to the beach at Lingayen, Luzon, the Philippines
1945
Gelatin silver print
6 1/2 x 8 1/4 ins (16.5 x 21 cm)
Phillips - New York
9th April 2018, NY040118, Photographs & The Enduring Image: The Collection of Dr. Saul Unter, Lot: 107
LL/81912
8 of 20
Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands
1944, October
Gelatin silver print, digitally retouched
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/65657
9 of 20
V.J. Day
1945
Gelatin silver print
Various sizes
LIFE
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
LL/33275 [Further details available]
10 of 20
V.J. Day
1945
Gelatin silver print
Various sizes
LIFE
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
LL/88262 [Further details available]
11 of 20
Japanese prisoners of war are bathed, clipped, "deloused," and issued GI clothing as soon as they are taken aboard the USS New Jersey
1944, December
National Archives and Records Administration
General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947 (80-G-469956) [VENDOR # 110]
LL/6607
12 of 20
Surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri
1945 (taken) 1980s (print)
Silver print
9 x 13 1/2 in (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 337)
LL/19270 [Further details available]
13 of 20
Navy carrier planes fly in formation over the U.S. and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during surrender ceremonies
1945, 2 September
Gelatin silver print
U.S. Navy
ID 80-G-421130
LL/67922 [Further details available]
14 of 20
Battle Stances. Iwo Jima, World War II
[Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written]
1945
Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - Joe Schwartz
© Joe Schwartz, courtesy of the artist
LL/15054
15 of 20
Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island.
1945
Gelatin silver print
U.S. Coast Guard
LL/95684 [Further details available]
16 of 20
The flag raising on Iwo Jima
1945, 23 Febuary (taken)
"Soundphotos" (wire photos)
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 245)
LL/11467
17 of 20
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
1945, 23 February (taken) 1990s (late, print)
Gelatin silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 ins (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
19 October 2017 auction, Art of Storytelling, Lot: 96
LL/77811
18 of 20
Marines Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
1946 (ca, printed)
Color lithograph
11 3/8x8 5/8 ins (28.9x21.9 cm) (image) 13x9 7/8 ins (33x25.1 cm) (sheet)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, "Icons & Images: Fine & Vernacular Photographs", Oct 13-14, 2015, #2393, Lot 147)
LL/61514
19 of 20
Marines Blow Up a Blockhouse on Iwo Jima
[Saipan]
1945, 9 April (publication)
Gelatin silver print
LIFE
W. Eugene Smith/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 50625423
LL/32134 [Further details available]
20 of 20
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