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War underfoot
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-04-06 11:40


Bullet casings carpet a street in Monrovia, at the heart of the battlefield between government and rebel soldiers, shown in this photograph (published August 7, 2003) by Carolyn Cole of the Los Angeles Times. The photograph is an example of the work of Cole, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, awarded April 5, 2004, by Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Board. [Reuters]


Refugee children line up for a meager handout of rice, the only food they receive at the refugee camp where they are staying on the outskirts of Monrovia.Photography by Cole. [Pulitzer.com]


Columbia University announced April 5, 2004 that Carolyn Cole, staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times, had won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for her work in Liberia. In this photo by Cole, a government soldier grieves for his mortally wounded comrade, who he carried back from the frontline battle at the Via Town bridge in Monrovia, Liberia. Many soldiers were killed and many more wounded in the effort to retake the port. [Reuters]


In this photo by Cole, a government soldier takes his turn defending the Via Town bridge where the fighting continues despite continued demands for a ceasefire. [Reuters]


Risking their lives to save another, Marine Lt. Jeffrey Goodman and Lance Cpl. Jorge Sanchez of the 2nd Tank Battalion drag a wounded civilian to safety after he was caught in the midst of battle on the road to Baghdad, shown in this photograph (published April 5th, 2003) by Cheryl Diaz Meyer of the Dallas Morning News. The photograph is an example of the work of Dallas Morning News photographers David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, winners of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, awarded April 5, 2004, by Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. [Reuters]


In this photo taken by Dallas Morning News staff photographer David Leeson, Spc. George Gillette (L) and Spc. Robert Boucher with Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Georgia jump into an irrigation pond somewhere in Iraq Saturday April 5, 2003. Columbia University announced Monday, April 5, 2004, that the Dallas Morning News photo team of Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their work in Iraq. [Reuters]

 

 

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