Soldier showing bullet pierced artillery shell

Name/Title

Soldier showing bullet pierced artillery shell

Entry/Object ID

1979.081.547

Description

Negative of Harold Smith (Lantry, South Dakota) showing a 50 caliber slug pierced a 105mm artilley shell

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Subject Place

Country

Italy

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Context

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. Tapscott

Role

Photographer

Date made

May 6, 1944

Time Period

20th Century, World War Two

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Sheet Film

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Soldiers, Shells (Ammunition), Bullet holes, Bullets