Al Chang

Al Chang (July 13, 1922 – September 30, 2007)[1] was an American military photographer twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.[1]

He was a dock worker in 1941 when he witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,[1][2] and would later work as a military photographer for the U.S. Army, serving in World War II, and the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He briefly left the armed forces to work for National Geographic and the Associated Press during the Vietnam War, but then returned to work for the Army during the war.[2] His work includes photographs of the official surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri, and a photograph of an American sergeant embracing a fellow soldier which was featured in Edward Steichen's The Family of Man.[1][2]

Notes
  1. "Obituary in the News". Associated Press. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  2. Associated Press (2007-10-03). "Al Chang, combat photographer". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
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