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. Bunker began his career with the '' Omaha Bee-News'' in 1929. In 1937, the ''Bee'' ceased publication when

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sold it to the ''Omaha World-Herald''. Bunker spent the rest of his career with the ''World-Herald''. Bunker won the Pulitzer for a photograph entitled "Homecoming" of a

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soldier returning home to greet his family. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Moore had been awarded the

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for leading his battalion against

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. He had been away from his family for sixteen months. Bunker waited over twenty-four hours for Moore's train to reach the station in

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so he could take the photograph.

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