What they had to do.

Have been doing a lot of research on World War I and II photography. It's interesting stuff and after Dragoon its not as thought its new to me but still it gets me. Photos that literally blow your mind and to think fellas like this below risked their lives just to document the war. Just amazing.

 

[caption id="attachment_2916" align="alignnone" width="512"] Sgt. Carl Weinke and Pfc. Ernest Marjoram, Signal Corps cameramen, wading through stream while following infantry troops in forward area during invasion at a beach in New Guinea.[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_2919" align="alignnone" width="512"] In an underground surgery room, behind the front lines on Bougainville, an American Army doctor operates on a U.S. soldier wounded by a Japanese sniper.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2920" align="alignnone" width="404"] Pvt. Paul Oglesby, 30th Infantry, standing in reverence before an altar in a damaged Catholic Church. Note: pews at left appear undamaged, while bomb-shattered roof is strewn about the sanctuary. Acerno, Italy.[/caption]