Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte1.jpg

Douglas MacArthur lands at Leyte edit

Original - Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands, October 1944. Historic fulfillment of his "I shall return" pledge.

Reason: One of the iconic images of the Pacific theater from World War II. Future Philippine president Sergio Osmeña wears the pith helmet far left as the Philippine people and the United States military recover the country from Japanese occupation. Cleaned up version of archival image with scratches and artifacts removed.
Articles this image appears in: Original image file appears at: Douglas MacArthur, Battle of Leyte, Pacific War
Creator: U.S. Army Signal Corps

Support as nominator Durova^Charge! 04:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support "I have returned." Quite the powerful photograph. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Spikebrennan (talk) 13:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - isn't there a higher quality version?--Svetovid (talk) 13:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- This is from the National Archives website. The lens itself was a little wet (see lower left) and the print had numerous small scratches and artifacts. I doubt there's a higher quality version available. Durova^Charge! 19:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Here's a higher res version from the DOD Media website. --BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 18:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Larger file, but really noisy. I downloaded it and don't think I can do much with it. Durova^Charge! 00:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Encyclopedic and historically relevant. Looks good to me. --Shark face 217 04:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte1.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]