The United States Marine Corps (28th Regiment, 5th Division) attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 21, 1945

Original egg tempera painting on board, by Baldwin; battle scene, soldiers in dugout firing gun, others in adjacent trench; smoke, tanks in background, mountain in distance. Original egg tempera painting on board, by Baldwin; battle scene, soldiers in dugout firing gun, others in adjacent trench; smoke, tanks in background, mountain in distance. 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. In wooden frame. Gift of the artist, 1994.

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Original record: The United States Marine Corps (28th Regiment, 5th Division) attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 21, 1945
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1946
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Baldwin, Richard, 1920-2012 (artist)
Subject(s): Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Pacific Area
Paintings (Visual Works)
Pendleton Field, Oregon
Tokyo Bay
U.S. Air Force
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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