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unusual facts about War photography



Bernard B. Fall

On 21 February 1967, while accompanying a company of the 1st Battalion 9th Marines on Operation Chinook II in the Street Without Joy, Thừa Thiên Province, Fall stepped on a Bouncing Betty land mine and was killed, along with Gunnery Sergeant Byron G. Highland, a U.S. Marine Corps combat photographer.


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Louie Palu

His work was selected for the 2012-2013 landmark exhibition “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and It’s Aftermath,” curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Will Michaels and Natalie Zelt.