1st staging on Iwo!

From collection of original watercolors and drawings by R. Baldwin; handwritten text in ink, describing aspects of American air attacks on Japan from base on Iwo Jima in 1945. From collection of original watercolors and drawings by R. Baldwin; handwritten text in ink, describing aspects of American air attacks on Japan from base on Iwo Jima in 1945. After training at Pendleton Field, Oregon, in aerial and ground photography, Baldwin served with the 20th U.S. Air Force as public relations photographer and artist. Stationed on Iwo Jima, he later covered the surrender of Japanese forces in Tokyo Bay, August, 1945. Gift of the artist, 1994.