War Through a Lens

Clifford Bell's experiences as a still photographer with the U.S. Army's 163rd Signal Corps during World War II took him from North Africa to Naples to the famous landing at Anzio. He rode into Rome with the first group of American soldiers and into Dachau the day after its liberation. From slogging through snow and mud with the infantry to recording the destruction of Munich during the last days of the war Bell shares the terrors and tragedies the tedium and absurdities of war as well as the camaraderie of men from all backgrounds thrown together in intense life-and-death situations.