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George Strock was a photojournalist during World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Buna-Gona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph to depict dead American troops on the battlefield to be published during World War II. ''Life'' correspondent Cal Whipple went all the way to the White House to get permission to print the image. Strock got his start as a photographer while attending John C. Fremont High School in Los Angeles. He studied photojournalism in a "groundbreaking course" taught by Clarence A. Bach.〔 After high school, Strock photographed Hollywood celebrities, crime and sports for the ''Los Angeles Times'' before joining ''Life'' magazine in 1940.〔 == Early life == Strock (July 3, 1911 – August 23, 1977) was born in Dyersville, Iowa〔 to William L. and Mary R. Lippert Strock. He had a brother, Edward. Before 1925,〔 the family moved to Los Angeles.〔 Strock attended John C. Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles where he studied photojournalism under Clarence A. Bach, who had begun teaching the first such course in the United States in 1924.〔 Strock graduated from high school in 1928. In 1931 at age 21 he was working with his brother in their father's battery business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp;jsessionid=1C1C82AF87ED795AC45ADA8946C9E25A?doc_id=Los+Angeles+City+Directories%2FLPU00000%2FLL000007%2F00000001&view_width=20&rotation=0&query1=&query1_field=0&collection_filter=false&search_doc=strock&submit=Find )〕 In 1936 he was listed in the Los Angeles city directory as residing with his parents and brother Edward at 328 W. 102nd Ave in Los Angeles but his occupation was now listed as "cameraman".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp;jsessionid=1C1C82AF87ED795AC45ADA8946C9E25A?doc_id=Los+Angeles+City+Directories%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000002&view_width=20&rotation=0&query1=&query1_field=0&collection_filter=false&search_doc=strock&submit=Find )〕 Strock operated an amusement pier photograph concession and a baby portrait studio.〔 By 1938 he was working for the ''Los Angeles Times'' where he covered sports, movies, and politics. In 1939 he was listed in the Los Angeles city directory as a photographer for ''Modern Screen'' magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp;jsessionid=1C1C82AF87ED795AC45ADA8946C9E25A?doc_id=Los+Angeles+City+Directories%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000004&view_width=20&rotation=0&query1=&query1_field=0&collection_filter=false&search_doc=strock&submit=Find )〕 He shot images of the military at Fort Dix and Pensacola Naval Air Station and everyday civilian life. He married Rose Marie in 1937 or 1938 and they had two sons, George and William.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9CF-MPC )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Strock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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