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May 30, 2021 · When Tony Vaccaro hit Omaha Beach days after D-Day, he carried a camera along with his rifle. Vaccaro documented the war on his own as he fought across France and into Germany as an infantryman...
Apr 2, 2020 · Tony Vaccaro in his studio in Long Island City, N.Y., holding his framed photograph, ‘St. Briac, France, 1944’ in which Sgt. Gene Costanzo kneels to kiss a little girl during spontaneous victory town celebrations. James Salzano. And that was it, I was in the army.
Oct 17, 2023 · Vaccaro and his camera became unique witnesses to World War II, capturing intimate moments—sometimes celebratory, other times brutal and raw—that bypassed the military censors and recorded the U.S. Army’s fight east across Europe.
- World War II Magazine
May 30, 2021 · After nearly 80 years and more than a half-million photos, Tony Vaccaro still vividly remembers the pictures he broke US Army rules to take.
- Henry Blodget
Nov 10, 2016 · Tony Vaccaro got closer to the war than any other war photographer. Vaccaro wasn’t an embedded photographer assigned to a combat unit. He was an infantryman in the US Army’s 83 rd Infantry Division, fighting on the frontlines from the Normandy invasion until the end of the war.
Jun 6, 2014 · Former U.S. soldier Tony Vaccaro carried a camera with him while fighting in WWII. Vaccaro shot 8,000 pictures of what he saw on way from beaches of Normandy to Berlin
Dec 20, 2016 · Now 93 years old, Tony Vaccaro produced some of World War II’s most impactful images—and went on to capture 20th century icons from Pablo Picasso to JFK.
