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Myron Davis riding a burro while covering a story about a US troop train. (Photo by Myron Davis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

At age 11, Myron Davis (1919-2010) asked his mother how photographs were made. As it turned out, she had done some photographic printing and explained the process to him. Then, Davis recalled: \u201dI went to the drugstore, got the chemicals… put a blanket over the bathroom window, made a little red light out of some red cellophane, got some old pots and pans, and ran a roll through. I was bit from there on.” His first World War II assignment for LIFE landed him on a beach in New Guinea. There was a mutilated body on a stretcher. “I was so shocked I turned away and said. \u2018I cannot photograph this.\u2019 Then I thought, \u2018No, this is war. I’ve got to try to deal with this.\u2019\u201d He eventually formed a strategy: \u201cI\u2019d learned the smart thing, even journalistically in a way, was to get what you could and get back safely with your film.\u201d Davis modestly\u2014and wrongly\u2014insisted that he \u201cnever really captured the essence of war because most of the time when the bullets were going by, I was trying to squeeze my whole body into that little tin helmet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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LIFE magazine cover published June 7, 1943. Featuring Marine ace pilot Captain Joe Foss wearing his Medal of Honor. (Photo by Myron Davis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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US soldiers standing guard on a troop train. (Photo by Myron Davis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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American soldier descending the steps of an LCI towards body of an Australian serviceman killed by a Japanese bomb. (Photo by Myron Davis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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