Organization / PublicationDetroit Free Press / Black Star
CategoryWorld Press Photo of the Year
PrizeWorld Press Photo of the Year
Date00-02-1991
CountryIraq
Place
CaptionUS Sergeant Ken Kozakiewicz (23), gives vent to his grief as he learns that the body bag at his feet contains the remains of his friend Andy Alaniz. 'Friendly fire' claimed Alaniz's life and injured Kozakiewicz. On the last day of the Gulf War they were taken away from the war zone by a MASH unit evacuation helicopter.