The Before/After Moments Of This Pulitzer Prize Winning Photo Are Captivating

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As an American soldier from U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne patrols the streets of Baghdad, a car bomb detonated. The bomb was followed by gun shots.

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During the coordinated attack that left 66 wounded and 21 dead. A war photographer named Khalid Mohammed captured the photo above followed by the powerful image below.

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Photographer Khalid Mohammed would receive the Pulitzer Prize for the photo. Follow Photographer.As for the Airborne soldier…it shows just another moment from the Hell of War…and the human-side of, who our soldiers really are. For all those deployed over the holidays, Thank you.