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Here Lie Three Americans

Clip: Episode 4 | 2m 14sVideo has Closed Captions

LIFE magazine published the first image of dead American servicemen in the 9/20/43 issue.

In the September 20, 1943 issue, LIFE magazine published the first image of dead American servicemen that American civilians had been allowed to see in the twenty-one months since Pearl Harbor.

09/22/2007 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

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