[GRAPHIC] Photo: 'Here lie three Americans' (1943)

[NormanStewart]

The photographer did take pictures of dead Japanese soldiers in the area as well.

The public already saw dead Japanese bodies in the media by this time (they’re enemy bodies after all). The photo below was taken by a Marine cameraman in 1942.

Photo: Marines look over bodies of Japs (10-27-42)

The Pittsburgh Press (October 27, 1942) [10-26-42-2899] Marines look over bodies of Japs on the beach at Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons following a disastrous attempt by the enemy to land reinforcements. But other Japs did land and push into the jungles, mostly at night, the Navy admitted. These Marines smashed many Jap landing forces as U.S. airmen blasted enemy ships and landing barges. Photo from U.S. Marine newsreel.