U. S. Navy War Photographs, Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

U. S. Navy War Photographs, Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Tom Maloney. Published by Crown Publishers Inc, New York, NY, 1980. Republication. Paperback. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. Back cover & last few pages creased 2in. in from outside edge, overall content excellent. 128 Pgs. ISBN 0517541912. LCCN 80-11733. Edited by Edward Steichen. At the age of 63 Edward Steichen was called upon by the US Navy to head their Navy Photographic Unit in the Pacific, right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. From then until the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, Captain Steichen, USNR, and his expert staff photographed every aspect of Navy action in the Pacific. This book was a selection of the best of these war photographs. Published just after World War II, it sold 6,000,000 copies. This new edition contains the photographs from the original edition plus many more, including a number taken by Edward Steichen himself. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 13863.