American soldiers near smoking, downed aircraft during WWII action on Orote Peninsula

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American soldiers near smoking, downed aircraft during WWII action on Orote Peninsula

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W. Eugene Smith

American Photographer · 1918–1978

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W. Eugene Smith's interest in photography grew out of a boyhood passion for airplanes. His mother, herself an amateur photographer, suggested he make his own photographs of planes rather than borrow money from her to buy photos by mail. Thus began a prolific career that spanned five decades; Smith is said to have made at least twenty thousand negatives in one three-year period alone. Reacting to S

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Date
July or August 1944
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
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Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
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View of a group of soldiers gathered in front of the still-smoking remains of a downed aircraft in a field. A soldier at the rear of the group holds a set of swords wrapped in cloth slung over his shoulder.

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