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Tarawa Island
The aftermath of a bloody battle where U.S. Marines invaded the Japanese occupied atoll, Tarawa Island in the South Pacific. It was taken by Frank Filan and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944. -
Iwo Jima
U,S. Marines are placing the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi,Iwo Jima, which is ocated only 660 miles from Tokyo. It wenrt to become one of the bloodiest battles in the war. It was taken by Joe Rosenthal and won the Prize in 1945. -
Escapeing from Pyongyang
This picture shpw residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees from other areas crawling over shattered girders
of the city's bridge. They are trying to escape across the Taedong
River to the south to avoid the Chinese Communist troops. Max Desfor won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951. -
Casualty of War
A Vietnamese father is holding his dead child after forces pursued
enemies into a village near the Cambodian border. Taken by Horst Faas, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1965. -
Struggle
Civil rights activist James Meredith pulls himself cross Highway 51 in agony after being shot. He was leading the March Against Fear to encourage African Americans to vote. Jack Thornell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967. -
In the Head
South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, shots and kills
suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem in Saigon. Eddie Adams won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. -
Run
After a South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped napalm on its own troops and civilians, 9-year-old Kim Phuc ripped off her burning clothes while running away. Nick Ut won the Prize in 1973. -
Shots Fired
This shows Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, Washington policeman Thomas K. Delehanty, and presidential press secretary James Brady lay wounded. They were shot by John Hinckley, Jr., who was amiing for President Ronald
Reagan. Ron Edmonds won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982. -
Without Help
This shows a starving woman at a makeshift health clinic in Ruhango,
Rwanda. Thousands of civilians took refuge from the fighting between government troops and the Rwandan rebels, yet there was medical care available. Jean-Marc Bouju, along with others, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995. -
Reaching Out
This shows a detainee in an outdoor solitary confinement cell. He is talking with a military officer at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. John Moore, along with others in the portfolio won in 2004.
