War photographer’s last moments
A DRAMATIC image has been released by the US Army, capturing the final moments of a war photographer’s life, taken as she and four Afghan national army soldiers were killed during a live-fire training exercise in 2013.
Combat photographer Specialist Hilda Clayton, 22, and an Afghan counterpart she was training were shooting a mortar-use training operation when one of the weapons accidentally exploded directly in front of them. The photographs were released through the US Army’s Military Review journal, with the permission of Clayton’s family.
Her unit has commemorated her by naming a yearly award for the best in the field of combat photography in her honour – the Specialist Hilda I Clayton Best Combat Camera competition.