Category: The Black Star Collection
Credited to: OWEN
Maker: UNKNOWN
Government agency: U.S. ARMY PHOTOGRAPHY
Event Date: 1954-12-02
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.112886

Inscriptions:
Credit: [star] / Owen / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORKCaptions: Verso: LOOK TO THE SKIES (PICTURE NO. 9 IN A SERIES OF 10) / FILE NUMBER: AK-53-21383 / AFTER RECEIVING TARGET INFORMATION FROM A RADAR PLOTTER, / PVT. KENNETH E. PIERCE, EL DORADO, KANSAS, CONVERTS IT / FROM POLAR COORDINATES TO GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE COORDINATES / AND TRANSMITS THE INFORMATION BY RADIO OR TELEPHONE TO THE / UNIT'S OPERATION'S CENTER. PVT. PIERCE IS ASSIGNED TO / BATTERY A, 531ST ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION, FORT BLISS, TEXAS. / OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO RELEASED BY THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE / RELEASED AT WASH., D.C. DECEMBER 2, 1954Markings:Verso: LOOK TO THE SKIES (PICTURE NO. 9 IN A SERIES OF 10) / FILE NUMBER: AK-53-21383 / AFTER RECEIVING TARGET INFORMATION FROM A RADAR PLOTTER, / PVT. KENNETH E. PIERCE, EL DORADO, KANSAS, CONVERTS IT / FROM POLAR COORDINATES TO GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE COORDINATES / AND TRANSMITS THE INFORMATION BY RADIO OR TELEPHONE TO THE / UNIT'S OPERATION'S CENTER. PVT. PIERCE IS ASSIGNED TO / BATTERY A, 531ST ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION, FORT BLISS, TEXAS. / OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO RELEASED BY THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE / RELEASED AT WASH., D.C. DECEMBER 2, 1954

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; 1 person; El Dorado, Kansas; Face; Fort Bliss; Glasses; Helmet; Indoors; Low angle View; Male; No Photostyle; Normal mapping; Panoramic; Pencil; Person; Plotter; Private; Radar; Reference; Science and technology; United States; United States Army; Unknown; Waist-Up Portrait; World War II; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII / ANNOUNCEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER DECLARATIONS OF WAR
Retouching: N