Cal Whipple Dies at 94 – Won 1943 Fight to Print Photo of War Dead

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Cal Whipple, 94, Dies; Won 1943 Fight to Print Photo of War Dead

When censors refused Life magazine permission to publish a photo showing the bodies of three American soldiers, Mr. Whipple got President Franklin D. Roosevelt to reverse the decision.

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he counted among his proudest achievements the role of tenacious young intermediary in a fight by Life magazine against the military censorship of a single photograph during World War II — a fight that went all the way to the White House.