Name/Title
Soldier showing bullet pierced artillery shellEntry/Object ID
1979.081.547Description
Negative of Harold Smith (Lantry, South Dakota) showing a 50 caliber slug pierced a 105mm artilley shellPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
NegativeSubject Place
Country
ItalyRegion
Central EuropeContinent
EuropeContext
45th Division News Vol. IV No. 37 "Chances are almost a million to one against this, but here's the millionth case. A .50 caliber slug in the fuse of a 105 is pointed out by Harold Smith (Lantry, South Dakota) who found it that way when he opened the shell case. The slug missed the primer by a hair's breadth."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
George F. TapscottRole
PhotographerDate made
May 6, 1944Time Period
20th Century, World War TwoLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Negative, Sheet FilmNomenclature Secondary Object Term
NegativeNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Soldiers, Shells (Ammunition), Bullet holes, Bullets