Charles Rosario Restifo |
Charles Restifo, South Pacifc Signal Corps Photographic Compound [detail] | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
161st Photographic Company, Army Signal Corps
Fort Benning, Georgia; Pacific Theater; Philippines; Japan
Staff Sergeant
New York, NY
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Armed with a camera, professional photographer turned soldier Charles Restifo waded into some of the most intense action in the Pacific Theater of World War II. His job was to record the war in pictures, and for much of his time in service, he had an irresistible subject: the flamboyant and controversial General Douglas MacArthur. Restifo was there when MacArthur made his triumphant return to the islands, but more importantly, he brought back rare pictures of actual combat and was one of the first photographers allowed into Hiroshima after August 6, 1945.
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