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Alternate History: Robert Capa on D-Day (52b)

In the end, it seems fittingly ironic that the Occam’s-Razor explanation for all of Capa’s missing D-Day negatives turns out to be the scissors of the censor. The legend of the lost negatives resulted from nothing more or less than the needs of Capa’s outsize ego. […]

Guest Post 34: Charles Herrick on Capa’s D-Day (u)

All this sets the tone for the remainder of CBS broadcast correspondent Larry LeSueur’s narrative. The facts don’t quite seem to match the anecdotes as he reported them, which leads to doubts that he was even present. […]