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1943-11-11

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Tarawa Island by Frank Filan

Tarawa Island by Frank Filan — Unknown

"Tarawa Island", a photograph of dead Japanese soldiers at a destroyed pillbox following the Battle of Tarawa. This photograph won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography (sharing the honor with "Homecoming").

Photograph by Frank Filan