bloodiest fight. behind the lens. >> i was a 20-year-old u.s. army draftee aside to stars & stripes newspaper. >> john remembers arriving there. >> i'd never seen anything like it. the friday night scene was all jungle fighting. this was a pile of rubble, we are met by 18 and 19, 20-year-old marines. >> that was 50 years ago. today, his work is featured in a new exhibit at the museum in washington, d.c. uniquely some versions were created for the blind. he sought to find the voices behind those he immortalized in film but not all survive. others remain nameless. this photo central figure is a handsome young marine line close to death shot through the chest. >> i knew i was hit bad. i thought it was my last.