ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II-ERA ARMY NEWS PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED BY GENERAL MACARTHUR AND GENERAL GEORGE C. KENNEY
MACARTHUR, Douglas. Photograph signed. Washington, 1945. Black-and-white photograph, measuring 5 by 4 inches. $1600.
Original black-and-white U.S. Army news photograph of General MacArthur wading through the marshes of Borneo, signed by both Douglas MacArthur (as D. MacA.) and George C. Kenney.
The photograph, dated “6/11/45,” shows General MacArthur leading officers through the marshes of Brunei in the process of inspecting the Australian troops who captured the area. Also identifiable in the photograph are RAAF Commander and Air Vice-Marshal William Bostock and General George C. Kenney, the Commanding General of the Far Eastern Air Forces. Tiny file number printed at bottom corner of image. Original printed Army caption and faint pencil number on verso.
A handsome signed photograph in fine condition.