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Jack-Barnett - Chicago native Jack Barnetts career as a newsreel cameraman spanned some forty years. Two of his earliest assignments were covering the aftermath of the 1929 St. Valentines Day Massacre and the Chicago Stock Yards Fire of 19 May, 1934.After the United States entered the Second World War, Barnett became the first newsreel cameraman to be sent overseas with American troops. While covering the conflict in North Africa and Italy, Barnett was awarded the Purple Heart and at one time managed to capture thirty-five Italian soldiers who mistook his newsreel camera for a machine gun.Later Barnett was the official cameraman for NASA at Cape Kennedy and a freelance cameraman for NBC News.. Date of Birth, 1January 1906,Chicago, Illinois, USA ,Date of Death, 2March 1967,Chicago, Illinois, USA (heart attack)

Chicago native Jack Barnetts career as a newsreel cameraman spanned some forty years. Two of his earliest assignments were covering the aftermath of the 1929 St. Valentines Day Massacre and the Chicago Stock Yards Fire of 19 May, 1934.After the United States entered the Second World War, Barnett became the first newsreel cameraman to be sent overseas with American troops. While covering the conflict in North Africa and Italy, Barnett was awarded the Purple Heart and at one time managed to capture thirty-five Italian soldiers who mistook his newsreel camera for a machine gun.Later Barnett was the official cameraman for NASA at Cape Kennedy and a freelance cameraman for NBC News.. Date of Birth, 1January 1906,Chicago, Illinois, USA ,Date of Death, 2March 1967,Chicago, Illinois, USA (heart attack) .

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