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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Carl Mydans

Hometown

Larchmont, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

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Activity During WWII

HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR LIFE MAGAZINE AND DURING WORLD WAR II HE PHOTOGRAPHED GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WADING ASHORE ON HIS RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES IN 1944, FRENCH WOMEN GETTING THEIR HEADS SHAVED AS PUNISHMENT FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE NAZIS AND THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI BB-63.