Eugene Smith Battle Of Saipan

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Terrified and Terrorized
A man, woman, and child are shown in the picture taken by Eugene Smith during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. There were many horrors that had happened, in which we can only begin to imagine. Lydia Warren, one of the authors of Daily Mail reveals, “But now black-and-white photographs, captured by Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith, show the everyday horrors for the U.S. soldiers fighting against Japanese forces on the Mariana Island of Saipan between June 15 and July 9, 1944”. We are able to more closely view the few glimpses of the people’s lives during this period of time as well as an explanation for their actions and emotions. The people shown in the photograph are located somewhere in the woods as the mother

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