Timeline

1939 - 1945

Became photojournalist for Life magazine covering WWII in the Pacific

1940 - 1970

Approximately the date of Morse's 30 years of service to Life magazine

1942

Left the Pacific and reassigned to the European theater after he was on the USS Vincennes that sunk at the Battle of Savo Island

1946

covered the reconstruction of Europe after the war

1970 - 1980

Worked with Jim McNitt at Time magazine

(Information found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Morse and http://www.jimmcnitt.com/Site2/Accidental.html)