Frank Filan
Illustration — "Tarawa Island", Filan's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Frank Xavier Filan (December 7, 1905 -July 23, 1952) was an Associated Press photographer and one of the winners of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. He entered U.S. military service in 1929, and covered the Pacific theater in WWII as a photographer. Frank Filan was born in Brooklyn, New York, Filan began his career with the Los Angeles Times.
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Frank Filan
Frank Filan · Associated Press, AP's Pulitzer Prizes. Originally published in 1943. Cropped from the source image to reflect the portions of the photograph that were published in newspapers at the time. · Public domain
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- 1905
- Died
- 1952
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- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · photojournalist · journalist
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Photography
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Illustration — "Tarawa Island", Filan's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Frank Xavier Filan (December 7, 1905 -July 23, 1952) was an Associated Press photographer and one of the winners of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. He entered U.S. military service in 1929, and covered the Pacific theater in WWII as a photographer. Frank Filan was born in Brooklyn, New York, Filan began his career with the Los Angeles Times.
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