The Last Veterans of WWII
Submitted by: Richard Bell
Category: Books
This book chronicles the many faces of the WWII effort with contemporary black-and-white portraits of the longest surviving veterans. The book includes a collection of Americans from all walks of life. This collection is a testament to diversity and the spirit of patriotism of a collective American effort.
The veterans include: a Supreme Court Justice, a Navajo Code Talker, a Tuskegee Red Tail Pilot, a Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipient, a US Senator, German national escapee from Buchenwald, Nuremberg Trials Chief Prosecutor, five women and my local plumber.
About the author:
A lifelong photojournalist, Richard Bell started his career at Kent State University with a degree in Journalism. After witnessing the shootings at Kent, Richard switched his major from Biology to Journalism. Jobs at two large metropolitan daily papers followed: The St. Petersburg Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer. At the Inquirer Richard moved from Staff Photojournalist to Photo Editor where he was awarded the ‘Newspaper photo editor of the year’ award from ’Pictures of the year’ competition (POY).