W. EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978) American Battle for Okinawa (World War II), Japan 1945
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3 Gelatin silver prints, printed in the 1970s c. 18,5 x 18,5 cm (2), 16 x 24 cm (1) Each with the “LIFE MAGAZINE Time Inc.” stamp with handwritten photographer's credit and “LIFE PICTURES” copyright and reproduction stamps on the reverse, each credited and annotated in unidentified hands in ink on the reverse All three images were published in Life Magazine (18.06.1945, p. 18) in the story “American Battle for Okinawa. A Life photographer records the working day of a foot soldier who helped win the island from the Japs. 24 Hours with infantryman Terry Moore”