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-'f- ,, COPYRIGHT, 1947, BY EDWARD J. STEICHEN All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. first edition v 'PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 'A' 'lr DESIGNED BY LT. RICHARD GARRISON USNR 1 .fr
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THE BLUE GHOST A PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG AND P.ERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER U. S. S. LEXINGTON IN COMBAT OPERATION by EDWARD STEICHEN Captain, USNR fret., HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY 'A' 'k if wr if if if if if if f NEW YQRK
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THEN AND NOW 7!1-6 dzvwei as an instrument for waging war and as an historian in recording the war. Carried in planes flying over enemy territory it becomes the eyes of the military planning staff and is considered a reliable-and is sometimes the only accurate-means of obtaining informa- tion. An army deprived of aerial photography would be like a blindfolded prize fighter in the ring. When military plans go into operation, combat photographs made on the ground and from the air record without emotion or prejudice what the lens saw. This accurate and speedily recorded instant is of immediate and permanent historical value. Following an unsuccessful attack on our carrier, the U .S.S. Lexington, by three enemy torpedo planes, there was considerable variation in the descriptions of just what happened and how by competent officers who had observed the attack. Later, when the photographs that were made on our ship and other ships in the task group were assembled and studied, it was found that most of these eye-witness reports were inaccurate. When a report from the Pacific reached the Navy Depart- ment that carrier planes had sunk the japanese super-battleship Yamato, some kept on saying Yes. maybe, until the photographs of the action arrived. ln addition to serving the military forces the combat photographs vividly supplement written reports that serve the press and through them the people of the nation. No event in human history has had as many cameras looking it over as VVorld VV ar ll. lt was not a centrally planned or organized project but by the sheer force of their numbers and their eager. reckless enthusiasm combat cameramen piled up the vast and ponderous mass of photographic documents now stacked away in boxes and filed in cabinets. lt will take decades to find and unravel the tactical and the human stories they contain. ln the great overall image of the war this book represents only a tiny, tiny fragment. ln a sense Y , M 1,1 -, .
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