These 21 images (shared with WATM courtesy of Lou Reda Productions) vividly capture the nature of war from a variety of angles. Each of them was awarded the Pulitzer prize for photography in the year indicated in the caption.
Take a look at these 21 Pulitzer Prize-winning photos that capture the essence of war
1944 – Aftermath of a flamethrower attack on Tarawa
![1944 - Aftermath of a flamethrower attack on Tarawa](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284235/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1944 – Lt. Col. Robert Moore, USA, returns to his family after fighting the Germans in North Africa
![1944 - Lt. Col. Robert Moore, USA, returns to his family after fighting the Germans in North Africa](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281133/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1945 – The flag raising at Iwo Jima
![1945 - The flag raising at Iwo Jima](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284236/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1951 – Refugees fleeing across the Taedong River during the Chinese invasion of North Korea
![1951 - Refugees fleeing across the Taedong River during the Chinese invasion of North Korea](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281132/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1965 – South Vietnamese casualties after a firefight with the Vietcong
![1965 - South Vietnamese casualties after a firefight with the Vietcong](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281135/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1966 – Vietnamese refugees fleeing an attack
![1966 - Vietnamese refugees fleeing an attack](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281134/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1969 – Lt. Col. Nguyen Loan summarily executes a VC prisoner on the streets of Saigon
![1969 - Lt. Col. Nguyen Loan summarily executes a VC prisoner on the streets of Saigon](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281130/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1972 – Marine on top of a war-torn hill after battle with NVA
![1972 - Marine on top of a war-torn hill after battle with NVA](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281129/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1973 – Vietnamese children fleeing after napalm attack on Vietcong-held village
![1973 - Vietnamese children fleeing after napalm attack on Vietcong-held village](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281131/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1974 – Lt. Col Robert Stirm, USAF, returns to his family after 5 years as a POW in North Vietnam
![1974 - Lt. Col Robert Stirm, USAF, returns to his family after 5 years as a POW in North Vietnam](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17211752/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1977 – Vietnam veteran and wounded warrior Eddie Robinson at Chattanooga Veterans Day parade
![1977 - Vietnam veteran and wounded warrior Eddie Robinson at Chattanooga Veterans Day parade](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281137/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1978 – American mercenary, member of “Grey’s Scouts,” holds gun to the head of a Rhodesian prisoner
![1978 - American mercenary, member of "Grey's Scouts," holds gun to the head of a Rhodesian prisoner](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281136/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1980 – Iranian Republican Guardsmen executing Kurdish rebels
![1980 - Iranian Republican Guardsmen executing Kurdish rebels](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284237/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
1995 – American Marine trying to keep Haitian rioters at bay during unrest
![1995 - American Marine trying to keep Haitian rioters at bay during unrest](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284238/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2002 – B-52 contrails during bombing mission over Afghanistan
![2002 - B-52 contrails during bombing mission over Afghanistan pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284239/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2004 – Soldiers jumping into ditch in Iraq
![2004 - Soldiers jumping into ditch in Iraq pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17282240/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2004 – Soldiers taking Iraqi prisoner
![2004 - Soldiers taking Iraqi prisoner pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17282262/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2004 – Iraqi schoolboy proclaims his freedom
![2004 - Iraqi schoolboy proclaims his freedom pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284240/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2005 – Marine taking an Iraqi insurgent prisoner in Fallujah
![2005 - Marine taking an Iraqi insurgent prisoner in Fallujah pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284241/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2005 – Marines huddle over wounded comrade during fighting in Anbar Province
![2005 - Marines huddle over wounded comrade during fighting in Anbar Province pulitzer prize](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284242/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2006 – Katherine Cathey spends the night next to the casket of her fallen husband, 2nd Lt. James Cathey, USMC
![Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News pulitzer prize photo](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17284243/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
These images and many other iconic shots can be found in Moments, The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs, A Visual Chronicle of Our Time (Hal Buell, Tess Press).