George A. Strock’s Iconic World War II Image

Photo That Was Hard to Get Published, but Even Harder to Get

An iconic World War II image nearly went unseen because the Pentagon wouldn’t allow photos to be published of American war dead. The image also was nearly never taken, because of the danger the photographer put himself in.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/a-photo-that-was-hard-to-get-published-but-even-harder-to-get/