Signpost on Maj

Edward Steichen photography. 

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Signpost on Majuro: The men stationed on remote islands often made signposts to show new locations and how far they were from home. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR, March 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives: 80-G-401008.

Source:  https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/prior-exhibits/1988/steichen-image-portrait-wwii.html