Sal Veder, Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who shot iconic 'Burst of Joy,' dies at age 99
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Slava 'Sal' Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam, died Aug. 22. He was 99.
TL;DR
- Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Slava 'Sal' Veder died at 99.
- He is best known for the "Burst of Joy" photograph.
- The photo captured a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel reuniting with his family after five years as a POW in Vietnam.
- Veder passed away on August 22.