Al Chang Dies

Al Chang, a dock worker during the Pearl Harbor attack and a celebrated combat photographer who was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, died Sunday. He was 85.

Chang died in Honolulu, his family said. Chang’s wife, Jacqueline, said he was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Chang was a dock worker at the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor who became a combat photographer, both as a journalist and a soldier. Colleagues remember Chang, who was wounded three times in Vietnam, with two Nikon cameras hanging from his neck and a cigar in his mouth.

He shot photos of the Japanese surrender on the battleship USS Missouri in 1945.

Rest In Peace, Al.