Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Slava Veder Dies at 99

Veder is remembered for his iconic 1973 photograph “Burst of Joy,” which captured an Air Force pilot’s emotional reunion with his family after years as a POW.

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Slava Veder, Whose Camera Captured a Defining Vietnam Homecoming, Dies at 99

His Pulitzer-winning photograph, “Burst of Joy,” documented an Air Force pilot’s reunion with his family after five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Slava Veder Dies at 99

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