| Summary: | Description: Painting of young US Marine wearing tennis shoes on Iwo Jima by McMurray. ""The Kid" This boy, only seventeen, was painted as he was getting ready to go up on [illegible] in the rugged northern section of Iwo. His shoes were tennis-shoes and though unorthodox, were comfortable and durable in that terrain. Pfc. Stephen McMurray, Hqs. Co. Hqs. Bn., Div. [illegible] troops, 4th Marine Div. 90 A.P.O. San Francisco, Cal. August 2, 1945." "Pic. No. 3722. Title: The Kid. Artist: Pfc Stephen L. McMurray. Home Address: 7718 Plum St., New Orleans, LA. Where Executed: Iwo Jima.".
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