Portrait Exhibit Puts Face on First World War

David DeJonge is an award-winning photographer based in Grand Rapids, Mich., who specializes in portraits. He has been documenting veterans in his work since 1996. In 2006, he partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a portrait exhibit of the last-known surviving veterans of World War I who lived in the United States. Within weeks of their portrait sessions, five of the nine veterans died. They ranged in age from 105 to 110 years old. DeJonge donated the exhibit to the Pentagon where they were unveiled in a March 6 ceremony, which one veteran, Frank Buckles, attended.