Picturing Casualties, Then And Now

After heavy censorship of images of American casualties during World War I and the beginning of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifted the restrictions. Soon after, in September 1943, LIFE magazine published this image of three dead American soldiers and their landing craft on Buna Beach, New Guinea after a Japanese ambush. Photo: George Strock/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

WNU Editor: This is an old post, but it is still relevant today. For more pictures, the link is here.

For more information, read the related New York Times Story .... 4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of Images

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