Joe Rosenthal and the flag-raising on Iwo Jima
Read Rosenthal’s own story about his picture of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi — perhaps the best-known Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.
World War II
Homer Bigart goes to war
The New York Herald Tribune reporter covered the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima — and went on to cover Korea and Vietnam as well
Four Pulitzer-winning takes on the rise of Adolf Hitler
The biggest running international story of the 1930s was the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. Today we share the work of four reporters who won Pulitzer Prizes for covering this story.
A rough start for America’s war in the Pacific
As the United States observes Memorial Day, revisit New York Times correspondent Hanson W. Baldwin's Pulitzer-winning reporting on key World War II battles, including Guadalcanal.
Forty-five minutes on an oily sea
Jan. 10, 1942: An Associated Press reporter flees a sinking ship during a World War II sea battle on the Mediterranean, and lives to tell the harrowing tale
