Georges Strock - Press photographer Pacific War. New Guinea Campaign, 1942-1945. Battle of Buna-Gona. Bodies of American soldiers on the beach, December 31, 1942. Battle of Hollandia, 1944. American Troop Transport to Aitape (the last smoke). Two (2) vintage silver prints. Press stamps, captions and dates typed on the reverse. 20 x 18 and 20.8 x 25.5 cm with marginsThis photograph by Georges Strock was the first to show American soldiers killed in action during the Second World War . It was taken between December 31, 1942 and January 2, 1943 on the beach at Buna, New Guinea. Its publication was the subject of an intense debate between the editorial staff of Life magazine and the official censorship service. It was a question of knowing if the duty to inform was superior to the potentially negative consequences that its diffusion would cause. In particular, that of exposing the realities of a war that was only intended to be victorious. This image was later featured on the cover of Yank magazine. Slim Aarons - Dick Hanley - Ben Schnall - Mason Pawlak and others Yank (official magazine of the US armed forces), 1939-1945. American troops. Western Front. Italian campaign. US Moutain troops. US Navy. Military exercises. 16th division. German prisoners. German graves on the road to Berlin. New Guinea Campaign. Commando. Philippines. US Army MP's, Fort Riley, Kansas. Australia. Okinawa. 15 vintage gelatin silver prints. Numerous stamps "Yank - The army weekly", dates, captions, annotations, cropping marks and labels mounted on the versos. Dimensions : from 28 x 28 to 35,5 x 28,2 cm