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Power in the Pacific : a dramaticPower in the Pacific : a dramaticsequence of official Navy, Coast guardsequence of official Navy, Coast guardand Marine corps photographs,and Marine corps photographs,depicting the men, the sea, the ships..depicting the men, the sea, the ships..

Author

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Date

1945

Publisher

Published for The Museum of ModernArt by Wm. E. Rudge's sons

Exhibition URL

www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2336

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from our founding in 1929 to the present—is

available online. It includes exhibition catalogues,

primary documents, installation views, and an

index of participating artists.

© 2017 The Museum of Modern ArtMoMA

POWER in the PACIFICOfficial battle photographs of our Navy in action on the sea and in the sky

Published for

of Modern Art

. Rudge's Sons

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PhotographyDepartmentLibraryThe Museum

of Modern Art

II. S. Navy

POWER in the PACIFIC

A dramatic sequence of official Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps

photographs, depicting the men, the sea, the ships and planes, bom

bardments, landing operations and attacks on the enemy's fleet.

This book has been compiled from the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art,

designed and directed by Captain Edward J. Steichen, USNR. Text by Lieu

tenant Roark Bradford, USNR. Design by Lieutenant Robert J. Wolff, USNR.

Published for the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART by Wm. E. RUDGE'S SONS

New York, 1 945

ALERT! ALERT!

Pilots man your planes "

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Giant Guns and rockets from the fleet roar destruc

tion upon enemy fortifications - soften his defenses

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USS PENNSYLVANIA

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The Marines , with rifle, bayonet , grenade and

flame thrower, clear the enemy, Jap by Jap,

from the beachhead .

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Fleet takes a pastingThe imperial Japanese

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2nd Battle of the Philippines

"Now here was this Jap Carrier doing tight circles so I peeled off

Submarines sink ships . Prowling the sea lanes, American

undersea boats and American undersea crews are quietly

shortening the war with every torpedo fired.

and we take it too!

The eagles return to the nest

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