War shots : Norm Hatch and the U.S. Marine Corps combat cameramen of World War II /
The story of how military photographers got their shots while storming beaches and assaulting pillboxes with combat troops. Hatch filmed With the Marines at Tarawa, which won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Includes new details on the controversy surrounding the famous pho...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mechanicsburg, Pa. :
Stackpole Books,
[2011]
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| Summary: | The story of how military photographers got their shots while storming beaches and assaulting pillboxes with combat troops. Hatch filmed With the Marines at Tarawa, which won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Includes new details on the controversy surrounding the famous photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. For fans of Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima and HBO's The Pacific. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 227 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780811706315 0811706311 |