War Shots: Norm Hatch and the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Cameramen of World War II

by Charles Jones, James L. Jones

Overview

• Story of how military photographers got their shots while storming beaches and assaulting pillboxes with combat troops
• Hatch filmed With the Marines at Tarawa, which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
• New details on the controversy surrounding the famous photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima
• Hatch was Person of the Week on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer in March 2010
• For fans of Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, and HBO's The Pacific

Learn more at Author Charles Jones's website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811706315
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	12/18/2010
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Charles Jones, a former staff writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has also written Boys of '67 (978-0-8117-3394-6), which the New York Post called "riveting and entertaining" and which won the Military Writers Society of America's Gold Medal for Best Biography, and Red, White, or Yellow? (978-0-8117-0402-1), for which he embedded with a military unit in Iraq. Jones lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

"Jones's telling of the bureaucratic maze Hatch navigated to gather equipment, supplies, and work space is as fascinating as his combat descriptions."

Naval History

"War Shots may well emerge as one of the most definitive histories of military photography at war and the men behind the cameras who risked their lives to make sure the American public knew what was going on."

Living History

"Jones is sensitive to how Marines think and understands their esprit de corps and the full meaning of the Marine Corps motto: Semper Fidelis."

Leatherneck

"Jones's writing style is exceptionally clear, informative, and well researched. War Shots is a rewarding read."

Marine Corps Gazette

"Jones brings Hatch's story -- and that of the Greatest Generation -- to life in War Shots."

Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Norman Hatch is a living legend."

Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star