Pearl Harbor 1944 (from Troopship)

View of harbor with naval ships. View of harbor with naval ships. Censor's stamp on verso. Hios joined the USMC in 1942 and trained as a combat photographer. He saw action on the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Promoted to sergeant, he received the Bronze Star for 'heroic and meritorious action in obtaining valuable combat photographs under hazardous conditions'. Gift of the artist, 1994

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Original record: Pearl Harbor 1944 (from Troopship)
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1944
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Hios, Theo, 1908-1999 (artist)
Subject(s): Bronze Star
Gouaches (Paintings)
Marshall Islands, Saipan
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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