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Dead Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific
Dead Japanese soldiers lay scattered around a blasted pillbox at Tarawa Island in the South Pacific. This event happened during World War II. A battle ensued after the U.S. Marines invaded the Japanese occupied atoll. This photo, taken by Frank Filan won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1944. -
U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment
U.S. marines raise the American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. This Pacific island became the site of one of the bloodiest and most famous battles of World War II. Photo by Joe Rosenthal -
Flight of refugees across wrecked bridge
In this photo, residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees other areas crawl perilously over shattered girders of the city's bridge as they flee south across the Taedong River to escape the advance of Chinese Communist troops. This photo was taken by Max Desfor that won the Prize in 1951. -
Father holds deceased child as South Vietnamese Army Rangers look down
The father depicted holds his child as South Vietnemese Army Rangers look down on them. The child was killed while government forces pursued guerrillas into a village near the Cambodian border. This photo won a pulitzer prize in 1965. Photo by Horst Faas -
Civil Rights Activist Shot
In this photo, which won in 1967, civil rights activist James Meredith grimaces in pain as he pulls himself across Highway 51 after being shot in Hernando, Mississippi, in the summer of 1966. He completed the march from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi, after his wounds were treated. The photo was taken by Jack Thornell. -
Execution of a Vietcong prisoner
This is an image of police chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner, Nguyễn Văn Lém, on a Saigon street. The photo was taken by Eddie Adams, who wasn't entirely pleased to win a prize for such a photo. He won the pulitzer in 1969. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv11KilBpHQ -
Napalm Girl
In this photo, South Vietnamese forces follow after frightened children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down a road, after a South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped flaming napalm on its own troops and civilians. This photo, taken by Vietnamese-born war photographer Nick Ut, who won the Prize in 1973. -
Hanged student being striked with a chair
This is a photo of a member of a Thai political faction striking at the lifeless body of a hanged student outside Thammasat University in Bangkok. Police stormed the university after students demanded expulsion of a former military ruler and barricaded themselves in the school. This picture won Neal Ulevich the Pulitzer Prize in 1977. -
Attempt to Assasinate Ronald Reagan
This photo, taken by Ron Edmonds in 1981, shows Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, foreground, Washington policeman, Thomas K. Delehanty, center, and presidential press secretary James Brady, background, laying wounded on a street outside a Washington hotel after shots were fired by John Hinckley, Jr., who pushed a pistol through a cluster of bystanders and fired six shots at President Ronald Reagan. -
Famine in Sudan
Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan
