Bushemi covered the Pacific Theater of Operations for "Yank", including the fighting in New Georgia, Munda, Solomon Islands, Makin, Tarawa, and Kwajalein, and was killed in action at Eniwetok in the central Pacific in 1944. Bushemi received a posthumous Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his military service. Bushemi’s photographs have appeared in "Yank", the "Saturday Evening Post", the "New York Times Magazine", the "Gary Post-Tribune", the "Field Artillery Journal", and in museum and library exhibitions. Among other awards for his photography, Bushemi was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 2001.