The Press: A Good Picture

As a photographer, the Boston Post’s Morris Fineberg had covered World War I, many a fire, train wreck and disaster. Last week the city desk sent 56-year-old Photographer Fineberg out on a routine job, a mock invasion of South Boston by the U.S. Marines. As he watched them land on a beach, Moe Fineberg told a friendly Globe rival, “That ought to make a good picture.” Seconds later, when a projectile exploded in a nearby mortar, a flying chunk of metal hit Photographer Fineberg in the head and killed him.