November 3, 2002
Photo: The Beach at Dusk
Mitchell Jamieson #321
Watercolor and crayon, June 1945
30 1/2h" x 38 1/2w"
88-193-NQ
As darkness closes in at Iwo, the tragic section of beach below Suribachi becomes unearthly and ghostlike in the fading light. The beach is deserted except for the wrecks, which litter its entire length, rusted and partially buried in the sand.
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.... Clarence Seward Darrow.
song playing....All Alone Am I