Shooting with cameras rather than guns, photographers act as the “eyes” of the military. Whether taking motion pictures or still photographs, oftentimes serving in the thick of the action, military photographers have captured and produced scores of images for the purposes of strategy and intelligence, mapmaking, and simply to document historic moments. Here are stories of photographers serving in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf, who helped to produce some of the most iconic images of these eras. [ read news release]
William Thomas Barr
NAVY
World War II
Audio Interview, Photos |
William Jerome Bell
ARMY
Vietnam War
Video Interview |
Emil David Edgren
ARMY
World War II
Audio Interview, Photos, Memoir, Documents |
Fred Hargesheimer
ARMY AIR CORPS
World War II
Audio Interview, Photos |
Norman Hatch
MARINE CORPS
World War II
Video Interview |
John V. Luckey ARMY
Vietman War
Video Interview |
Ronald W. Marshall
AIR FORCE
Vietnam War
Audio Interview, Photos |
Ralph R. Pyle, Jr.
ARMY
World War II
Vietnam War
Audio Interview, Photos, Other Documents
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David L. Quaid
ARMY
World War II
Multimedia, Audio Interview, Other Documents |
Charles R. Restifo
ARMY
World War II
Photos, Memoir, Correspondence |
Ben Rosen
ARMY AIR CORPS
World War II
Video Interview |
Richard A. Ruddy
AIR FORCE
Vietnam War
Audio Interview |
Roy Teifeld
ARMY AIR CORPS
World War II
Audio Interview, Other Materials |
Kevin H. Tierney
NAVY
Persian Gulf Wars
Video Interview |
William R. Wilson
ARMY
World War II
Audio Interview, Photos, Memoirs |
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