Armed With Cameras

A chronicle of the frontline photographers of World War II recounts the sometimes harrowing exploits of the American Military Photographers, men armed with cameras who accompanied the Army, Marines, Air Force, and Navy into battle.

Peter Maslowski is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

A Personal Note

vii

Abbreviations Used in the Text

xi

Prologue

1

(10)

``Those Guys Went Out Hunting Trouble''

11

(24)

The Ubiquitous but Anonymous Combat Cameraman

``Survival of the Cleverest''

35

(30)

The Joy and Travail of Combat Photography

``Jeez, This Is Just Like in the Movies''

65

(30)

Real War versus Hollywood War

``We Shoot'em with a Camera--Only''

95

(20)

The Army's 163rd Signal Photographic Company

``Sticking Their Necks Out Doing Their Weird Things''

115

(20)

The Army's 166th Signal Photographic Company

``It Seemed Like a Lifetime''

135

(22)

The Army's 832nd Signal Service Battalion

``Some Incident of Danger to Maintain Their Good Humor''

157

(20)

The Army Air Forces' 9th Combat Camera Unit

``The New Battlefront, the Air Front''

177

(18)

The Making of The Memphis Belle and Thunderbolt

``Frankly, I Wouldn't Have Picked This as an Assignment''

195

(26)

The Navy's Combat Photography Unit #1

``Old Glory Was Raised and, Boy, Tears Ran Down My Cheeks''

221

(20)

The Cameramen of the Marine Corps

``The Fringe Necessities''

241

(14)

Supporting the Combat Cameramen at the Front

``My Pictures Are at Least Doing a Little Bit of Good''

255

(20)

Combat Film on the Home Front

``That Weapon Is Film''

275

(26)

Combat Film on the Fighting Fronts

``Pix for a Price''

301

(12)

Casualties--and the War's Historical Image

Abreviations Used in the Notes and Bibliography

313

(2)

Notes

315

(62)

Bibliography

377

(16)

Acknowledgments

393

(6)

Index

399

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