[Servicemen and Joe Rosenthal playing cards in photo lab]

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Identifier2023-08-10-A_image_275SourceThe Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection (2023-08-10-A), Box 2, Folder 4CreatorMadden, Paul J., 1920-2004United States. NavyDescriptionPhotograph of U.S. Navy servicemen and Joe Rosenthal (left, wearing glasses) playing cards in the photo lab, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Rosenthal was the Associated Press photographer who took "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima." The others are identified in the captions.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / Card game -- photo lab / Center - P. Rundel, photo officer. / Clockwise starting in lower left corner -- Ens. Singer, fighter pilot / Joe Rosenthal, Assoc. Press photographer who took picture of flag raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Photo mates Stewart, Hicks and Thompson."

Caption on album page: “Poker game in photo lab / P. S. Rundall in center. Clockwise starting with Joe Rosenthal wearing glasses are Stewart, Hicks, Thompson, Singer.”

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.Creation Datecirca 1943-1945SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific AreaUnited States. NavyShipsEssex (Aircraft carrier)SoldiersRosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006Extent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 inLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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