Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

22.17.68

Description

U. S. Marine Cemetery on Iwo Jima Island. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white snapshot showing the stone pillar entrance to the Fifth Marine Division Cemetery of soldier's killed in military battles with the Japanese during World War II; the field of white cross markers can be seen through the entrance gates and Mt. Suribachi in the far background.

Context

Lawrence and Roy Yess served in the U. S. Marines of the Second Battalion's 28th Regiment, 5th Division and fought in the Battle Iwo Jima, February 1945, an island in the Pacific which was the site of one of the bloodiest and most famous battles of World War II against Japan. Found at the Pink Schoolhouse sale. Rural Wilton Township School District #20, school District 20; located in Waseca County, Wilton Township, Section 17, Pink School house.

Made/Created

Date made

1944

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Create Date

September 6, 2018

Update Date

September 19, 2024