Through the Lens of an American Soldier

Upon graduation from North Quincy High School in June of 1940, Laban H "Whit" Whittaker was the staff cartoonist at the Quincy Patriot Ledger daily newspaper in Quincy Massachusetts. When the current staff photographer left to go to war, Whit assumed the position and quickly learned the ins and outs of the job. A year and a half later, Whit went off to war himself with the army at the age of twenty and brought along his now trusty camera.