13 Pulitzer Prize-winning photos

Dead Japanese Soldiers

Nov 11, 1943

Dead Japanese soldiers lay scattered around a blasted pillbox at Tarawa Island in the South Pacific on Nov. 11, 1943 during World War II. A bloody battle ensued after the U.S. Marines invaded the Japanese occupied atoll. This photo by Frank Filan won the pulitzer Prize in 1944 Photo Credit: AP Photos/Frank Filan

13 Prize-Winning Pulitzer Photos

Period: Nov 11, 1943 to Dec 31, 2012

Raising the American Flag

Feb 23, 1945

This iconic photo that won Joe Rosenthal the Prize in 1945 depicts U.S. Marines of the 28th regiment, 5th Division, raising the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. Strategically located only 660 miles from Tokyo, the Pacific island became the site of one of the bloodiest, most famous battles of World War II against Japan. Photo Credit: Joe Rosenthal/AP

Shattered Girders

Feb 10, 1951

In this photo by Max Desfor that won the prize in 1951, residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees from other areas crawl perilously over shattered girders of the city's bridge as they flee south across the Taedong River to escape the advance of Chinese communist troops. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Max Desfor

Guerillas attack Cambodian Village

Mar 19, 1964

This photo, taken by Horst Faas, shows a father as he holds the body of his child as South vietnamese Army Rangers look down from their armored vehicle March 19, 1964. The child was killed as government forces pursued guerillas into a village near the Cambodian border. It was Faas the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1965. Photo Credit:AP Photo/Horst Faas

Civil Rights Acitivist james Meredith

Jul 16, 1967

In this photo, which won in 1967, civil rights activist James Meredith grimaces in pain as he pulls himself across Highway 51 after being shot in Hernando, Mississippi, in the summer of 1966. Meredith was leading the March Against Fear to encourage African Americans to vote when he was shot. He completed the march from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi, after his wounds were treated. The photo was taken by Jack Thornell. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jack Thornell

Saigon Street Shooting

Apr 20, 1969

This picture that won legendary photojounralist Eddie Adams the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 depicts South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, as he fires his pistol, shooting and killing suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem (also known as Bay Lop) on Saigon street in 1968, early in the Tet Offensive. Photo Credit: AP Photos/Eddie Adams

Frightened Vietnamese Children

Mar 22, 1973

South Vietnamese forces follow after frightened children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down a road, after a South vietnamese plane accidentally dropped flaming napalm on its own troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing. This photo, taken by Vietnamese-born war photographer Nick Ut, won the prize in 1973. Photo Credit:AP Photo/Nick Ut

Thammasat University in Bangkok

Apr 8, 1976

This photo, taken by Neal Ulevich in 1976, shows a member of a THai Political faction striking at the lifeless body of a hanged student outside Thammasat University in Bangkok. Police stormed the university after students demanded expulsion of a former military ruler and pbarricaded themselves in the school. The picture won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Neal Ulevich

Starving Woman

Jun 7, 1994

This photo taken by Jean-Marc Bouju in 1994 shows a starving woman at a makeshift health clinic in Ruhango, Rwanda, where thousands of civilians took refuge from fighting between government troops and the Rwandan rebels. With no access to sufficient medical care, doctos said 20-25 people in Rwanda died everyday from disease and hunger during the fighting. This photo, part of a larger portfolio, won the Associated Press the Prize for Feature Photography. Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Jean-Marc Bouju

Elian Gonzalez

Jul 23, 2001

Elian Gonzalez is discovered in a closet as government officials search the Miami home of Lazaro Gonzalez, Elian’s great-uncle, for the young boy in 2000. The 6-year-old Elian had recently defected from Cuba to the U.S. where his extended relatives were petitioning for his asylum against the wishes of his Cuban father, creating a large controversy between Cuba and the U.S. over custody and immigration rights.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Alan Diaz
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Burning U.S. Army Humvee

Apr 12, 2004

An Iraqi man celebrates atop of a burning U.S. Army
Humvee in the northern part of Baghdad, Iraq. This
photograph, taken by Muhammed Muheisen, was one in
a portfolio of 20 taken by 11 different photographers
throughout 2004 that won the Pulitzer Prize the following
year.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen

Jewish Settler Struggles

Feb 6, 2006

A lone Jewish settler struggles with an Israeli security
officer during clashes that erupted as authorities
evacuated the West Bank settlement outpost of Amona,
east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, in early 2006.
This photo, taken by Oded Balilty, won a 2007 Pulitzer
Prize.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty

Mourning Boy

Sep 19, 2012

A boy mourns during a funeral for his father, Abdulaziz
Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army
sniper in in Idlib, northern Syria. This photo by Rodrigo
Abd was part of a larger portfolio of images from Syria
that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd