Michael Winship: Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End

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"Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End"

By Michael Winship

There was a certain ironic and painful symmetry at work last month. As one iconic image of war was called into doubt, another was being created, a new photograph of combat's grim reality that already has generated controversy and anger.

When it was first published in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War...