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What was Edward Steichen’s job in the U.S. Navy during World War II?
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Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen, 1960.
During World War II, Edward Steichen served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. His primary responsibility was directing a photographic record of the naval war in the Pacific theater. Following his service, he compiled a selection of these images into the book U.S. Navy War Photographs; Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Harbor, published in 1946.1